The best prediction for the number of minutes of exercising Sam will do if she spends 30 minutes watching television that day is 71 minutes.
To find this, we can substitute x = 30 into the function y = -0.78x + 95:
y = -0.78(30) + 95
y = -23.4 + 95
y = 71.6
Rounded to the nearest whole number, y is approximately 72 minutes.
The table compares x, the number of minutes of television Sam watched each day, to y, the number of minutes she spent exercising. The function y = –0.78x + 95 models the data in the table.
A 2-column table with 5 rows. The first column is labeled minutes of television viewing, x with entries 45, 65, 120, 22, 80. The second column is labeled minutes of exercising, y with entries 60, 45, 5, 80, 25.
Which is the best prediction for the number of minutes of exercising Sam will do if she spends 30 minutes watching television that day?
45 minutes
72 minutes
83 minutes
118 minutes
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