Lesson 2

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Complete the following questions. If you experience difficulty and need help, visit Refresher or contact your teacher.

1. Determine the equation of a line that passes through the points (−2, 3) and (4, 6). State your answer in slope y-intercept form (y = mx + b). Answer
2. Suppose you have collected some data on the time students spend studying (S) and their final grade (G) in their Mathematics 30-2 course.
   1. Which variable, S (time spent studying) or G (final grade), is the independent variable? How do you know?
   2. Which variable, S (time spent studying) or G (final grade), is the dependent variable? How do you know?
   3. If you were to plot your data, which variable would be plotted on the horizontal axis? Which data would be plotted on the vertical axis? How do you know?
   
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