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Students in a nutrition class decide to sell orange juice at their school's next sports event. To determine the price, the students record prices of orange juice from various stores in their city. The table below shows the price of different-sized bottles of juice.

Complete the following in the Answer Book:
  • Write an equation for a line of best fit. (If you choose to draw a graph, use the grid provided in the Answer Book.)
     
  • What is the slope of your equation? What does the slope mean in the context of this problem?
     
  • The students are selling 8-ounce bottles of orange juice. According to your line of best fit, what is the price of an 8-ounce bottle of juice? Use mathematics to explain how you determined your answer. Use words, symbols, or both in your explanation.
     
 

 
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