The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States and prepare detailed maps of every portion of the United States at a scale of 1:24,000. James has a USGS map of the rural neighborhood where he lives and measures that his school is a straight line distance of 15 inches from his home. Rounding to the nearest tenth of a mile, how many miles is his school from his home in a straight line? (Recall that there are 5280 feet in a mile and 12 inches in a foot.)

Write an equation in standard form of the line that passes through the point and has the given slope. ( -2, 4) ; m = -6which of the following best describes the technique used to graph the equation using the slope and y-intercept? y = 5x + 10write the standard form of the equation of the line through the given point with the given slope. point , 4); slope -3/2

The appalachian trail is a hiking trail that passes through the appalachian mountains. three members of a teen hiking group hiked a section of the trail. the hikers stopped at a rest area and equally shared 3 4 gallon of water. how much water did each person get?

Part one: measurements 1. measure your own height and arm span (from finger-tip to finger-tip) in inches. you will likely need some from a parent, guardian, or sibling to get accurate measurements. record your measurements on the "data record" document. use the "data record" to you complete part two of this project. name relationship to student x height in inches y arm span in inches archie dad 72 72 ginelle mom 65 66 sarah sister 64 65 meleah sister 66 3/4 67 rachel sister 53 1/2 53 emily auntie 66 1/2 66 hannah myself 66 1/2 69 part two: representation of data with plots 1. using graphing software of your choice, create a scatter plot of your data. predict the line of best fit, and sketch it on your graph. part three: the line of best fit include your scatter plot and the answers to the following questions in your word processing document 1. 1. which variable did you plot on the x-axis, and which variable did you plot on the y-axis? explain why you assigned the variables in that way. 2. write the equation of the line of best fit using the slope-intercept formula $y = mx + b$. show all your work, including the points used to determine the slope and how the equation was determined. 3. what does the slope of the line represent within the context of your graph? what does the y-intercept represent? 5. use the line of best fit to you to describe the data correlation.