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2.4 Exercise 21

Avg difficulty 2.5

Draw a scatter plot for the data provided. Does the data appear to be linearly related?

For the following data, draw a scatter plot. If we wanted to know when the temperature would reach 28 °F, would the answer involve interpolation or extrapolation? Eyeball the line and estimate the answer.

Temperature, °F	16	18	20	25	30
Time, seconds	46	50	54	55	62

OpenStax Precalculus 2e, 2.4 Fitting Linear Models to Data, exercise 21

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