Question

a store owner gathered data for several days about the methods customers used to pay for their purchases. the scatter plot shows the data she gathered and the line of best fit.

the equation of the line of best fit is \\(y = 0.755x + 11.339\\).

based on the line of best fit, approximately how many customers are predicted to use a card to pay on a day when 90 customers pay by cash?

68
79
92

Explanation:

Identify the given equation and input value

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Calculate the predicted value

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Round to the nearest whole number

$$ y \approx 79 $$

Answer:

• 68
• 79 (Correct answer)
• 92