Find an Equation of the Line Containing the Given Pair $\left( 1 , \frac { 5 } { 8 } \right)$

question 23

Multiple Choice

Find an equation of the line containing the given pair of points
- $\left( 1 , \frac { 5 } { 8 } \right)$ and $\left( 8 , \frac { 3 } { 2 } \right)$

• A) \(y = 8 x - 4\)
• B) \(y = \frac { 1 } { 8 } x + \frac { 1 } { 2 }\)
• C) \(y = 8 x - \frac { 59 } { 8 }\)
• D) \(y = \frac { 1 } { 8 } x + \frac { 59 } { 64 }\)

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

An indicator used to assess the degree to which data points diverge or scatter around the average value.

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The difference between the highest and lowest values in a dataset, showing the spread of the data.

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Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a data set.