1. At Metropolis Middle School, the student government earns money by recycling cans and bottles after school events.
The graph shows some sample (attendance, containers) data, along with
a line modeling the pattern in the data.
Recycling Project
250
ty У
200
150
Containers Recycled
100
50
0
50 100 150 200 250
Event Attendance
a. Use the linear model to estimate answers for the questions below.
Explain how each estimate can be found from the graph.
The linear model to be found from the graph is going to be
i. About how many containers will be recycled if 125 people attend
a concert?
ii. What attendance at a basketball game will produce about
125 containers to be recycled?