Better Dating Through Physics

This assignment is designed to give students practice graphing data and calculating the slope of a best fit line.  Students will be asked to graph several data points, get a best fit line, and then use the equation for that line to predict a future outcome.  

Graph the following data vs time:

Sache (135cm), Cristina (143cm), Audrey (142cm), Robia (151cm), Jocelyn (160cm), Brandi (175cm)

These are the women Mr Alexander has dated in order from least to most recent.  Assume his relationships last one month each with no down time in between. 

A)     Is there a trend.  If so, what?

B)     Draw a best fit line for the data. 

C)     Write an equation for the slope of the line.

D)    How tall will Mr Alexander’s next date probably be?  Use the equation you generated to solve for her height.  (express in cm and inches)

DUE Thursday Aug 27th :-)