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The line that minimized the sum of the squares of the diffences of each point from the line is the line of best fit.

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What is the difference between a best fit graph and a line graph?

a line graph will join all of the points yet a best fit graph will only join the dots which follow the pattern.


What is the name of a line on a graph?

you mean line of best fit?


A trend line on a graph is the same as the line of best fit?

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What is a best fit line on a graph?

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A trend line on a graph is always the same as the line of best fit?

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How do you find a line of best fit from scatter plot?

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What The best-fit line must go through all data points on a graph.?

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What is the line of best fit for the piston's data?

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What is a line graph in which the data points do not fall along a straight line is?

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