Question

3 select the correct answer dean is the manager of a restaurant and is evaluating whether or not the restaurant has enough parking spaces. at ten different times during the day, he gathered information about the number of customers in the restaurant and the number of cars in the parking lot. he represented the data with the given scatter - plot and modeled the data with a linear equation restaurant parking based on the model, approximately how many customers will be in the restaurant when there are 10 cars parked in the restaurants parking lot? a. 28 b. 23 c. 12 d. 7

Explanation:

Step1: Locate 10 on y - axis

Find the point where y (number of cars) = 10 on the scatter - plot.

Step2: Read corresponding x - value

Draw a horizontal line from y = 10 to the line of best - fit, then draw a vertical line down to the x - axis. The x - value (number of customers) is approximately 23.

Answer:

B. 23