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A student who waits on tables at a restaurant recorded the cost of meals and the tip left by single diners. The results are in the table below.
Meal Cost $4.75 $6.84 $12.52 $20.42 $8.97
Tip $0.50 $0.90 $1.50 $3.00 $1.00
Use your calculator write the equation of the line of best fit for this data. Round all values to the nearest hundredth.
y = .16x - .30
If the diner orders a meal costing $10.50, how much tip should the waiter expect to receive? Show your work for how you came up with this number.
y = .16(10.50) - .30
y = 1.68 - .30
y = $1.38
The waiter should expect to receive a tip of $1.38 if a meal costs $10.50
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Yes, your work and answers are correct.
To find the equation of the line of best fit using your calculator, you would use the linear regression feature. This will calculate the values for the slope (m) and y-intercept (b). In this case, the equation of the line of best fit is y = 0.16x - 0.30, rounded to the nearest hundredth.
To calculate the tip for a meal costing $10.50, you substitute the cost ($10.50) into the equation. So, y = 0.16(10.50) - 0.30. Evaluating this expression, you get y = 1.68 - 0.30 = $1.38. This means the waiter should expect to receive a tip of $1.38 if a meal costs $10.50.
To check your work and answers, let's go through the problem step-by-step.
First, let's determine the equation of the line of best fit for the given data. To do this, we can use the formula for the equation of a line: y = mx + b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.
To find the slope, we need to calculate the average rate of change of y (tip) with respect to x (meal cost). The formula for slope (m) is Δy / Δx, which means the change in y divided by the change in x. In this case, we can choose any two points from the data to calculate the slope. Let's select the first and last points: (4.75, 0.50) and (8.97, 1.00).
Using the values (x₁, y₁) = (4.75, 0.50) and (x₂, y₂) = (8.97, 1.00):
Δy = y₂ - y₁ = 1.00 - 0.50 = 0.50
Δx = x₂ - x₁ = 8.97 - 4.75 = 4.22
Now we can calculate the slope (m) as Δy / Δx:
m = 0.50 / 4.22 ≈ 0.1187 (rounded to the nearest hundredth)
Next, we need to find the y-intercept (b). We can choose any point from the data and substitute the values of x and y into the equation to solve for b. Let's select the first point: (4.75, 0.50).
y = mx + b
0.50 = 0.1187 * 4.75 + b
Let's solve for b:
0.50 = 0.5638 + b
b ≈ -0.0638 (rounded to the nearest hundredth)
Now we have the slope (m ≈ 0.1187) and the y-intercept (b ≈ -0.0638), so we can write the equation of the line of best fit as:
y = 0.1187x - 0.0638 (rounded to the nearest hundredth)
Now, let's move on to the second part of the question, which asks how much tip the waiter should expect to receive if a meal costs $10.50.
To find the tip amount, we can substitute the given meal cost ($10.50) into the equation y = 0.1187x - 0.0638:
y = 0.1187 * 10.50 - 0.0638
y ≈ 1.385 - 0.0638
y ≈ 1.3212 (rounded to the nearest hundredth)
Therefore, the waiter should expect to receive a tip of approximately $1.32 if a meal costs $10.50.
By following these steps and calculations, we have verified that your work and answers are correct.