Question

a scientist theorized that you can estimate the temperature by counting how often crickets chirp. the scientist gathers the data in the table shown.
A)how many cricket chirps would you expect to indicate a temperature of 85 degrees? include a graph and an equation as part of the justification of your answer
B) what might be the lowest temperature to which your model could be applied? explain your reasoning.
table shows the number of chirps in a 14-second interval: 37 32 42 37 46 35 34
temperature(degreesF): 78 72 81 77 88 75 76

Answer 1

do you not have a linear regression tool for finding a line of best fit? Use it, then the answers should be clearer.

Just eyeballing the data, we can first sort it:

32 72
34 76
35 75
37 77
37 78
42 81
46 88

Looks to me like I'd expect about 44 chirps at 85°

Answer 2

Thank you but how do you find the line of best fit?