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Student Task Statement
Priya takes note of the distance the car drives and the time it takes to get to the destination for many trips.
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travel time (min) ( )
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Distance is one factor that in uences the travel time of Priya’s car trips. What are some other factors?
Which of these factors (including distance) most likely has the most consistent in uence for all of the car trips? Explain your reasoning.
Use technology to create a scatter plot of the data and add the best t line to the graph. What do the slope and -intercept for the line of best t mean in this situation?
Use technology to nd the correlation coe cient for this data. Based on the value, how would you describe the strength of the linear relationship?
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