a librarian collected data on the number of pages in chapters of book interpret the slope and the wire set of the linear model around the slope to the nearest hundreds

1 answer

To interpret the slope of the linear model in this context, we need to understand that the slope represents the rate of change in the number of pages in chapters. If the slope is positive, it means that as the chapter number increases, the number of pages in the chapter also increases. If the slope is negative, it means that as the chapter number increases, the number of pages in the chapter decreases.

The slope can be interpreted as the average increase or decrease in the number of pages for each increase in chapter number. For example, if the slope is 5, it means that on average, each chapter has 5 more pages than the previous one.

To determine the slope of the linear model, we need to calculate the slope of the best-fit line that is generated by the collected data. If we round the slope to the nearest hundredth, it means we are rounding it to two decimal places.

As an example, if the slope of the linear model is 3.456, when rounded to the nearest hundredth, it would be 3.46. This means that on average, there is a 3.46-page increase in each chapter.