The probability that a school wins their first game in the national college basketball tournament is related to the rank they have going into the tournament. This can be expressed by the equation y = -7.3x + 112 where x is their rank (out of 16) and y is the percent chance they have of winning their first game. a) What does the slope of the line represent? b) What does the y - intercept of this function represent? c) According to the model, a school ranked #5 has what probability of winning their first game? Round your answer to the nearest percent. d) Using this model, a school ranked #15 has what probability of winning their first game? Round your answer to the nearest percent. Please show work.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Given that, probability of obtaining a first win is related rank by the equation : y = -7.3x + 112 ; where ; x = rank ; y = percentage chance

The slope of the line = -7.3 means that as the rank increases by 1, the probability of winning decreases by 7.3. (negative slope value)

y - intercept = 112, thus means an unranked team has a 112 percent Chance of winning first game.

C.) school ranked #5

x = 5

y = -7.3(5) + 112

y = - 36.5 + 112

y = 75.5 = 76%

D.) school ranked #15

x = 15

y = -7.3(15) + 112

y = - 109.5 + 112

y = 2.5 = 2.5%

y = 3%

the correct answer is b) histograms can be used to exhibit the shape of distributions. this is because histograms count the frequency of each possible answer, so one is able to see which results are more common and which are less common.

answer is:

1.75 pounds