Price
$8.50
1 topping
$10.50
2 toppings
$11.50
3 toppings
$12.75
4 toppings
$13.50
5 toppings $14.25
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DATE
Homework: Pizza Scatter Plot and Line of Best Fit
Delicious Pizza Place has different pizza prices depending on the number of toppings.
Toppings
Cheese
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Illustrative
5. a) Look at the graph and identify the y-intercept.
b) What does it mean in the context of the problem?
PERIOD
1. Make a scatter plot, including all labels. Graph the number of toppings as an independent variable and
price as the dependent variable. Then, draw the line of best fit.
2. Describe the association (relationship). Explain in the context of the problem.
3. Write two ordered pairs that lie on your line of best fit. (
) and (
4. Use the two ordered pairs from question 4 to find the slope. Explain the meaning of the slope in the
context of the problem.
6. Use the slope and the y-intercept to write a linear equation in slope-intercept form.