Use the given data to find the equation of the regression line. Examine the scatterplot and identify a characteristic of the data that is ignored by the regression line.

x

9

9

12

9

10

14

5

4

12

8

6

y

7.74

7.02

13.01

7.27

8.09

8.56

6.31

5.63

8.53

6.74

Find the equation of the regression line. y= what + what x

(Round the constant two decimal places as needed. Round the coefficient to three decimal places asneeded.)

Identify a characteristic of the data that is ignored by the regression line.

A.

There is an influential point that strongly affects the graph of the regression line.

B.

There is no trend in the data.

C.

The data has a pattern that is not a straight line.

D.

There is no characteristic of the data that is ignored by the regression line.