Question

The table shows the amount of milk that Wisconsin dairy farms produced from 1937 to 1968. Which model best fits this data? Note that the year 1900 corresponds to x = 0.

Year

Milk Produced
(in billions of lbs.)

1937

12

1968

16

1995

20

(1 point)
Responses

y equals 0.138 x minus 6.819
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y equals negative 0.138 x minus 6.819
Image with alt text: y equals negative 0.138 x minus 6.819

y equals 0.138 x plus 6.819
Image with alt text: y equals 0.138 x plus 6.819

y equals negative 0.138 x plus 6.819
Image with alt text: y equals negative 0.138 x plus 6.819

Answer 1

The best model that fits this data is:

y equals 0.138 x minus 6.819