Baruti, a ranger in Kruger National Park in South Africa, collected data about the elephant population in the park. She compared the foot lengths of the elephants and their shoulder height (both in centimeters) and created the following scatter plot. A line was fit to the data to model the relationship.

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Which of these linear equations best describes the given model?
Choose 1 answer:
Choose 1 answer:

(Choice A)
A
y
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6
x
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=6x−20y, with, hat, on top, equals, 6, x, minus, 20

(Choice B)
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=6x+20y, with, hat, on top, equals, 6, x, plus, 20

(Choice C)
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y
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=
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