Question

Use the following table to answer questions 5-8.The table gives the number of people (y) in a small town that are infected with a virus with t the number of days sincethe outbreakt(days)y(people)040015032622376949705. Write an equation that best models the data.Answer:

Answer 1

We will use the line of best fit approach.

A plot of this line will help.

We have our points.

The straight-line equation of this line of best fit is:

$y=140.9x+370.4$