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Excel prints wrong trendline equation on graph

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    Question Excel prints wrong trendline equation on graph

    I have a set of data that I plotted on a graph and added a trendline to it. The trendline seems to fit the data very well, but the equation displayed on the graph does not match that trendline. Where else can I find the equation for this trendline? And how do I fix this mistake? Is it me being retarded or Excel?
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    Re: Excel prints wrong trendline equation on graph

    I just realized this is not the only thing wrong with this graph. The x-axis labels are equally spaced apart, even though the actual values aren't (not the first number). But the cells are formatted as number, so where is this coming from?

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    Re: Excel prints wrong trendline equation on graph

    It's a line chart, which treats the value axis as categories {1,2,3,...}

    Change it to a scatter chart.
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