hikari-stars
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this is chemistry class, but this assignment is more math related, haha.
sorry, please bear with my wordiness...
In a chem lab, I had to measure the area(mm?) and mass(grams) of 5 regular paper shapes (4 sided)
The mass of a blob looking paper shape is 8.7grams. I have to use the linear fit equation from a graph of the 5 regular shapes data to find the area of the blob paper shape.
This is where I'm stumped... my linear fit equation looks like this:
y=mx+b
m(Slope): 0.830 grams/mm?
b(Y-intercept): -0.430 grams
where y = mass, and the unknown x = area
I know I'm getting weird answers because I'm using grams and mm? in the same equation... I don't know what to do with these numbers. How do I set up the problem to find the area?
sorry, please bear with my wordiness...
In a chem lab, I had to measure the area(mm?) and mass(grams) of 5 regular paper shapes (4 sided)
The mass of a blob looking paper shape is 8.7grams. I have to use the linear fit equation from a graph of the 5 regular shapes data to find the area of the blob paper shape.
This is where I'm stumped... my linear fit equation looks like this:
y=mx+b
m(Slope): 0.830 grams/mm?
b(Y-intercept): -0.430 grams
where y = mass, and the unknown x = area
I know I'm getting weird answers because I'm using grams and mm? in the same equation... I don't know what to do with these numbers. How do I set up the problem to find the area?