Unit 5 day one

Objective: "Students will use the line of best fit to find equations of lines"

The line of best fit is a curve fitting is the process of making a curve, or math function, that has the best fit to a series of data points.

Example: 

Quiz

1. Draw the line of best fit:

2. Is the line of best fit allowed to go through data points?

3. How many data points are allowed to be in the line of best fit?

Answers



1. You would put the line through as many data points as possible to have the same number of points on each side of the line. 

2. Yes you are allowed to go through data points.

3. 2 or more.

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