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AGE ESTIMATION

 

Concepts:

·        Gathering data

·        Coordinate graphing

·        Interpreting a scatter plot

 

Complete the following table as we look at the picture of each celebrity.

 

Celebrity

Guess

Actual Age

Tiger Woods

 

 

Oprah Winfrey

 

 

Joe Torre

 

 

John Mayer

 

 

Condoleeza Rice

 

 

Michelle Wie

 

 

Johnny Depp

 

 

Dakota Fanning

 

 

Jodi Rell

 

 

Jennifer Hudson

 

 

Nelson Mandella

 

 

Will Ferrell

 

 

George W. Bush

 

 

 

  1. If you were a 100% accurate age guesser, what would be the relationship between the x- and y-coordinates of each point?

 

 

  1. For the line  y = x, what does it mean when a point is above the line?

 

 

 

 

 


  1. For the line y = x, what does it mean when a point is below the line?

 

 

 

 

 

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