Asked by tomdaya

How could you change this line to be a better line of best fit for the data plot?



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Responses

Make it steeper to hit the most points possible.
Make it steeper to hit the most points possible.

Make it less steep to hit at least one of the data points.
Make it less steep to hit at least one of the data points.

Keep it parallel and move it down so that the points are equal above and below the line.
Keep it parallel and move it down so that the points are equal above and below the line.

Make it a negative sloped line to better show the trend in the data.
Make it a negative sloped line to better show the trend in the data.

Keep it parallel and move it up through the center of the data.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Keep it parallel and move it up through the center of the data.

A best-fit line should pass through the "middle" of the points (balancing the number/size of points above and below it), so shift the line (without changing its slope) into the center of the cloud.