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Questions 3–5 refer to the following information.
The first metacarpal bone is located in the wrist. The scatterplot below shows the relationship between the length of the first metacarpal bone and height for 9 people. The line of best fit is also shown.
How many of the nine people have an actual height that differs by more than 3 centimeters from the height predicted by the line of best fit?
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正确答案：B
Choice B is correct. The people who have first metacarpal bones of length 4.0, 4.3, 4.8, and 4.9 centimeters have heights that are greater than 3 centimeters different from the height predicted by the line of best fit.
Choice A is not the correct answer. There are 2 people whose actual heights are more than 3 centimeters above the height predicted by the line of best fit. However, there are also 2 people whose actual heights are farther than 3 centimeters below the line of best fit.
Choice C is not the correct answer. There are 6 data points in which the absolute value of the between the actual height and the height predicted by the line of best fit is greater than 1 centimeter.
Choice D is not the correct answer. The data on the graph represents 9 different people; however, the absolute value of the difference between actual height and predicted height is not greater than 3 for all of the people.
Question Difficulty: EASY
Objective:
Students must read and interpret information from a data display.