Fitting Linear Models to Data · Exercise 115

Use the graph in the figure, showing the profit, $y,$ in thousands of dollars, of a company in a given year, $x,$ where $x$ represents years since 1980.

Draw a scatter plot for the data provided in the table. Then determine whether the data appears to be linearly related.

$$\begin{array}{cccccc}\text{0}& \text{2}& \text{4}& \text{6}& \text{8}& \text{10}\\ \text{–450}& \text{–200}& \text{10}& \text{265}& \text{500}& \text{755}\end{array}$$

Its source prints no answer for this problem, so there's nothing to check against.

OpenStax, Algebra and Trigonometry 2e · §4.3 Fitting Linear Models to Data · Exercise 115