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Line of Best Fit

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In this line of best fit instructional activity, learners solve and complete 8 different problems that include plotting and creating their own lines of best fit on a graph. First, they study the samples at the top and plot the ordered pairs given on the graph to the right. Then, students respond to the questions that follow using their graph and information to help them.

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making predictions, equal signs, line of best fit, correlation, ordered pairs, coordinate plane, sides

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approximate, equal, line of best fit, ordered pair, prediction, score, sides, math
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Grade
7th - 8th
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Math
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