Question

baseball shirts
the equation for the line of best fit is $y=-6x + 125$. according to the equation, which of these statements is true?
the manager likely started out with about 125 shirts.
the manager was selling about 125 shirts each day.

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze the linear equation \(y = -6x+125\)

In the linear equation \(y = mx + b\) (slope - intercept form), \(m\) is the slope and \(b\) is the \(y\) - intercept. Here, \(x\) represents the number of days, and \(y\) represents the number of shirts.
When \(x = 0\) (the starting point, day 0), we substitute \(x = 0\) into the equation \(y=-6x + 125\).

$$y=-6\times0 + 125$$

$$y = 125$$

The slope \(m=-6\) means that the number of shirts decreases by 6 each day.

Answer:

The manager likely started out with about 125 shirts.