Asked by D4VD

Steven created the scatterplot and trend line below to model the relationship between the number of innings he pitched and the number of pitches he threw in a baseball game.


Baseball Pitches
A graph has innings on the x-axis and pitches on the y-axis. A trend line has a regression equation of y = 12 x.


If Steven threw 87 pitches, about how many innings did he pitch?
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cannot be determined; number of pitches is outside graph

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use y = 12x with y = 87: x = 87/12 ≈ 7.25. So he pitched about 7 innings.