The line of best fit

The question
Practice and test scores
Hours practicedScore

In y = 0.25x + 4, what does 4 mean?

points at 0 hourspoints per hourhours at 0 pointstotal points

In y = 0.25x + 4, what does 4 mean?

How it works.

Hours practicedvsScore
In y = 0.25x + 4, what does 4 mean?
points at 0 hours
points at 0 hours
  1. 01

    A scatter plot puts two measurements against each other: Hours practiced along the bottom, Score up the side, and one dot for each thing measured. This question is about the line of best fit drawn through them.

  2. 02

    The number on its own is the intercept — the value when x is 0.

  3. 03

    So it is points at 0 hours: the value the line gives at zero Hours practiced.

  4. 04

    So the answer is "points at 0 hours".