A nutritionist collected information about different brands of beef hot dogs. She made a table showing the number of Calories and the amount of sodium in each hot dog. Use Desmos to create a scatter plot and a line of best fit. Calories per Milligrams of Sodium Beef Hot Dog per Beef Hot Dog 186 495 181 477 176 425 149 322 184 482 190 587 158 370 139 322 a) Write the correlation coefficient for the line of best fit. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. b) Explain what the correlation coefficient suggests in the context of this problem. C) Write the equation for the line of best fit. d) What does the slope of the best fit line represent?

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A nutritionist collected information about different brands of beef hot dogs. She made a table showing the number of Calories and the
amount of sodium in each hot dog. Use Desmos to create a scatter plot and a line of best fit.
Calories per
Beef Hot Dog
Milligrams of Sodium
per Beef Hot Dog
186
495
181
477
176
425
149
322
184
482
190
587
158
370
139
322
a) Write the correlation coefficient for the line of best fit. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
b) Explain what the correlation coefficient suggests in the context of this problem.
c) Write the equation for the line of best fit.
d) What does the slope of the best fit line represent?
Transcribed Image Text:A nutritionist collected information about different brands of beef hot dogs. She made a table showing the number of Calories and the amount of sodium in each hot dog. Use Desmos to create a scatter plot and a line of best fit. Calories per Beef Hot Dog Milligrams of Sodium per Beef Hot Dog 186 495 181 477 176 425 149 322 184 482 190 587 158 370 139 322 a) Write the correlation coefficient for the line of best fit. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. b) Explain what the correlation coefficient suggests in the context of this problem. c) Write the equation for the line of best fit. d) What does the slope of the best fit line represent?
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