Jordan uses a linear equation to model the data in a table. Which reasoning might Jordan have used in the decision to model the data with a linear equation?

A linear relationship has a constant rate of change: for equal changes in x, the changes in y are equal. So Jordan might have checked that the y-values change by the same amount when the x-values are evenly spaced. This matches choice D, “The change in y-values is constant for evenly spaced x-values.”

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