There are more than 250 known species of monkeys in the world. The scatterplot above shows the average height and weight of 12 species of particularly small monkeys, most of the which live in the Amazon Basin of South America. What is the height, in inches, of the monkeys represented by the data point that is farthest from the line of best fit (not shown)?

Answer

14 inches

Explanation

Difficult: Medium
Category: Problem Solving and Data Analysis/ Scatterplots
Strategic Advice: When working with scatterplot,a line of best fit should be drawn so that about half the data points are above the line and half are below the line.
Getting to the Answer: Draw in the line of best fit. It doesn't have to be prefect -you just need to get an idea of where it should be .

The data point that is farthest from the line is located at (32, 14). Height is plotted on the y-axis, so this data point represents a monkey that is 14 inches tall.