Abus company wanted to know if the number of complaints they received was a function of the number of buses it ran. the company carried out a study comparing the average number of buses per hour for different days and the number of complaints that it received on those days. a line was fit to the data to model the relationship.
which of these linear equations best describes the given model?
a. y = -2/5x+42
b. y = -x+42
c. y = -4x+42
based on this equation, estimate the number of complaints in a day where the average is 3.5 buses per hour.