The data in the following table show five students' reading test scores and final exam grades in a history class. Reading Test Score, x 8.5 9.4 10.0 11.4 12.0 History Final Exam Grade, y 62 68 74 87 92 (a) Use the points (8.5, 62) and (10.0, 74) to find a linear model that will predict a student's final exam grade, y, given his or her reading test score, x. y =     (b) Use your linear model to estimate a student's final exam grade in the history class given that the student's reading test score was 9.5.

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The data in the following table show five students' reading test scores and final exam grades in a history class.
Reading Test Score, x 8.5 9.4 10.0 11.4 12.0
History Final Exam Grade, y 62 68 74 87 92
(a)
Use the points (8.5, 62) and (10.0, 74) to find a linear model that will predict a student's final exam grade, y, given his or her reading test score, x.
y =
 
 
(b)
Use your linear model to estimate a student's final exam grade in the history class given that the student's reading test score was 9.5.
 
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