Question

1. basketball adriana keeps the statistics for her favorite basketball team and creates the scatter plot shown. (lesson 4 - 3) adriana then draws a line of fit for her scatter plot. what does the slope of the line represent?

Explanation:

Step1: Recall the concept of slope in a real - world context

The slope formula is \(m=\frac{\text{change in }y}{\text{change in }x}\). In a scatter - plot with \(y\) - axis as "Total Points Scored" and \(x\) - axis as "Free Throws Attempted".

Step2: Interpret the change in variables

The change in \(y\) (total points scored) divided by the change in \(x\) (free throws attempted) represents the average number of points scored per free throw attempted.

Answer:

The slope represents the average number of points scored per free throw attempted.