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.

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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 10 pages.

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

Answer 1

The correct interpretation is:

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

Therefore, the slope of the linear model is 0.1 and the y-intercept would represent the starting number of pages in a chapter.