18 Oct 2021
Problem 23b
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Section 1.2: Mathematical Models: A Catalog of Essential Functions
Chapter 1: Functions and Models
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18 Oct 2021
Given information
Given table gives the winning heights for the Olympic pole vault competitions up to the year 2000.
And the scatter plot of the data is:
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
From the scatter plot, the data points appear to lie close to a straight line.
One possible line passes through the first and last points.
The slope of a line passing through two points is given by:
Here the first and last points are respectively.
Plugging the values: