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  • Jan 18, 2010, 02:09 PM
    hslove142331
    Find equation of this line.
    Volume, mL - 32.7 35.3 37.8 39.0 40.0
    Temperature, C - 21 44 67 81 97

    Plot V vs Temperature. - I think this line going to be straight line(right?).

    I need to find equation of that line.

    how can I find equation of that line? Thanks
  • Jan 18, 2010, 03:01 PM
    ebaines

    The line using these data is not perfectly linear. You can fit a straight line approximation using regression techniques - are you familiar with how to do this? If not... I suggest you plot the poimnts like you were asked, and fit a straight line as best you can "by eye," then determine the equation of that straight line. The way to do that is to use:



    where () is any point on the line and is the slope of the line. You can then rearange to get V as a function of T.

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