Mark gathered data about the number of pink and red flowers that bloomed on several of his flowering shrubs. the scatter plot shows the
data he gathered and the line of best fit.
mark's shrubs
+40
36
pink flowers
+

6-
16
18
20
8 10 12 14
red flowers
the equation of the line of best fit is y= 1.73x+0.0924.
based on the line of best fit, approximately how many pink flowers are predicted to bloom on a shrub with 40 red flowers?
oa 23
ob. 56
oc 69
od. 80