I meteorologist collected data on a recent snowfall the meteor Alice graph the data and found the equation of the trend line to be y equals 1.7 x + 0.1 if the snowfall continues at this pace use the equation to predict the number of inches of snowfall after 10 hours round to the nearest 10 after 10 hours the snowfall would be blank inches
The equation y = 1.7x + 0.1 represents the relationship between the number of hours (x) and the amount of snowfall in inches (y). To predict the number of inches of snowfall after 10 hours, substitute x = 10 into the equation:
y = 1.7(10) + 0.1
y = 17 + 0.1
y = 17.1
Therefore, after 10 hours, the predicted snowfall would be 17.1 inches. Rounding to the nearest 10, this would be 20 inches.