Question: The table gives the average weight, w, in pounds, of American men in their sixties for height, h, in inches.10
(a) How do you know that the data in this table could represent a linear function?
(b) Find weight, w, as a linear function of height, h. What is the slope of the line? What are the units for the slope?
(c) Find height, h, as a linear function of weight, w. What is the slope of the line? What are the units for the slope?
