Using examples in your textbook as well as your personal exp

Using examples in your textbook as well as your personal experiences, identify ways the following are applied in the real-world, and choose two examples to use in this discussion.

two variables that may be related

average rate of change

a scatter diagram

can be graphed with a straight line or written as a linear equation

Post your two examples of real-world application to the Discussion Board and address the following:

What are two real-world variables that may be related? (See the examples on p. 133 in your textbook.)

What is one real-world application for average rate of change?

What is one real-world application for a scatter diagram?

What kind of information can be obtained from a scatter diagram?

What is a real-world application that can be graphed with a straight line or written as a linear equation?

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