Question

Question

A librarian collected data on the number of pages in chapters of a book. Interpret the slope and the y-intercept of the linear model. Round the slope to the nearest hundredth.

(1 point)
Responses

For every chapter of a book, there is an average of 1/10 page.
For every chapter of a book, there is an average of 1/10 page.

For every chapter of a book, there is an average of 0.1 page.
For every chapter of a book, there is an average of 0.1 page.

For every chapter of a book, there is an average of 10 pages.
For every chapter of a book, there is an average of 10 pages.

For every chapter of a book, there is an average of 1 page.

Answer 1

The correct interpretation of the slope is: For every chapter of a book, there is an average of 0.1 page.

The y-intercept represents the starting point of the linear model, which in this case would be zero pages if a chapter has zero pages.