Hi, can you please help me with this question.Apple's stock over the past six months. The variables are (t,p), t being months after September 2021, and p the price in US dollars. The lowest point was on October 14th with a price of $139,14 (1, 139,14) and the highest point was on January 3rd with a price of $182,01 (4, 182,01). I do not understand how they have answered the question. Can I please have a full explanation of the answer?

Answer

The equation of the tangent line is p= 14.29t + 124.85

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