1. Noah placed an empty bowl on a scale. He added different amounts of a liquid to the
bowl, recording the amount of liquid added, in tablespoons, and the total weight of
the bowl and liquid, in grams, each time on a scatter plot. He fit the line
y = 14.75x+861.82 to the data in his scatter plot, where x represents the amount
of the liquid, in tablespoons, and y represents the total weight of the bowl and the
liquid, in grams.
a. Interpret the slope of the line based on the context.
b. Interpret the y-intercept of the line based on the context.
