Big Ideas Math Algebra 1, 2015
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5. Analyzing Lines of Fit
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Exercise 5 Page 206

Make a table of the residual values and then graph them on a scatter plot.

No, see solution.

Practice makes perfect

Let's begin by making a table of the residual values.

x y y=4x-5 y-value From Model Residual
-4 -18 4( -4)-5 -21 -18-(-21)= 3
-3 -13 4( -3)-5 -17 -13-(-17)= 4
-2 -10 4( -2)-5 -13 -10-(-13)= 3
-1 -7 4( -1)-5 -9 -7-(-9)= 2
0 -2 4( 0)-5 -5 -2-(-5)= 3
1 0 4( 1)-5 -1 0-(-1)= 1
2 6 4( 2)-5 3 6-3= 3
3 10 4( 3)-5 7 10-7= 3
4 15 4( 4)-5 11 15-11= 4

Now we can create a scatter plot using the given x-values and our residuals. Remember, if the model is a good fit for the data, the scatter plot will be evenly distributed above and below the x-axis. Also, there will be no apparent patterns.

Scatter plot

This line of fit does not model the data well. It is not evenly distributed above and below the x-axis. The residual scatter plot shows that every residual is positive.