Asked by caleb

One data point in a set has a residual equal to -1
.
Which statement about this residual is TRUE?


The most appropriate equation of the line of best fit for this dataset is y = x - 1
.

The data cannot be modeled using a linear equation.

The line of best fit is a good model for this data point.

The observed value is 1 more than the predicted value.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
None of the statements is true.

A residual = observed − predicted. If the residual = −1, then observed = predicted − 1 — the observed value is 1 less than the predicted value. The other choices are not implied by a single residual of −1.