Question

ben researched the population of his town for each of the last ten years. he created a scatterplot of the data and noticed that the population increased by about the same amount each year. ben will determine the equation of the line of best fit for his data. which of the following statements about the equation of the line of best fit is true? the slope is undefined. the slope is positive. the slope is negative. the slope is zero.

Explanation:

The town's population increases annually, meaning as the independent variable (year) increases, the dependent variable (population) also increases. A positive slope describes a line where an increase in the x-variable corresponds to an increase in the y-variable, which matches this scenario.

Answer:

The slope is positive.