Recognize an Extrapolation. -The Advertising Campaign for a High Fiber Cereal Wants to Cereal

question 9

Multiple Choice

Recognize an extrapolation.
-The advertising campaign for a high fiber cereal wants to claim that high fiber cereals
Are lower in calories. In order to research this claim, they obtain nutritional information
For 77 breakfast cereals including the amount of fiber (in grams) and the number of
Calories per serving. The data resulted in the following scatterplot.
Based on the linear regression equation, predictions are made about the number of
Calories for various amounts of fiber. For which amount of fiber below will the
Prediction be least accurate?

• A) 2.75
• B) 3.5
• C) 4
• D) 10
• E) 22

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Definitions:

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