Which situation is best represented using a negative integer

What is a rational number between 9.5 and 9.7

11. minitab software was used to find the lsrl for a study between x=age and y=days after arthroscopic shoulder surgery until an athlete could return to their sport. use the output to determine the prediction model and correlation between these two variables. predictor coef se coef t p constant -5.054 4.355 -1.16 0.279 age 0.2715 0.1427 1.9 0.094 r-sq = 31.16%

[10 points, algebra 2]according to my answer key the restrictions are -1 and 4. but why not positive 1?