esos For numbers 14 to 17, refer to the situation below: Students in a group of chess teams submitted data about hours of weekly team practice and the number of matches the team won. The data gathered are represented by this linear regression equation: y = 3.52 + 3.14x. 14. What does the y-value of the graph of this equation represent? A. hours of weekly practice C. number of matches the team won B. number of team members 15. What is the independent variable? D. increase in the team's number of wins per hour of practice A. hours of weekly practice C. number of matches the team won B. number of team members D. increase in the team's number of wins per hour of practice 16. What does the slope of the linear regression equation represent? A. hours of weekly practice C. number of matches the team won B. number of team members D. increase in the team's number of wins per hour of practice 17. If the team practices 4.5 hours per week next year, which is the best prediction of the number of chess matches the team could expect to win? A. about 8 C. about 18 D. about 24 B. about 12​