Carson keeps track of the number of people inside a music hall to attend a concert by looking at the number of scanned tickets. He plotted the data on the graph below, where
x = 0 represents the time at 6 p.m., then drew a line of best fit. If we extended the line,
what would the value of y tell us when x = 6?
A prediction of how many people will be in the music hall at 6 o'clock.
A prediction of how many people will be in the music hall at 12 o'cloc
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The actual number of people that were in the music hall at 6
The actual number of people that were in the music hall at 12 o'clock.
o'clock.
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The value of y when x = 6 would tell us a prediction of how many people will be in the music hall at 6 o'clock. This prediction is based on the trend shown by the line of best fit on the graph.