The scatter plot represents data collected about the number of symptomatic cases of influenza, also called the flu, in millions, in the U.S. since 2011. The equation y = 2.34x + 19.1 can be used to model the relationship, where y is the number of symptomatic cases of the flu in the U.S., in millions, and x is the number of years since 2011.

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The scatter plot represents data collected about the number of symptomatic cases of influenza, also called the flu, in millions, in the U.S. since 2011. The equation y = 2.34x + 19.1 can be used to model the relationship, where y is the number of symptomatic cases of the flu in the U.S., in millions, and x is the number of years since 2011.
Use the model to complete the statements.
The slope of the model is 
.
According to the model, 
, on average.

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The slope of the model, given the equation \( y = 2.34x + 19.1 \), is 2.34.

This means that according to the model, for each year since 2011, the number of symptomatic cases of the flu in the U.S. increases by 2.34 million, on average.