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An agent for a residential real estate company in a large city would like to be able to predict the

Question: An agent for a residential real estate company in a large city would like to be able to predict the monthly rental cost for apartments, based on the size of the apartments, as defined by square footage. A sample of 25 apartments (stored in the table below) in a particular residential neighborhood was selected, and the information gathered revealed the following.

Why would it not be appropriate to use the model to predict the monthly rent for apartment that have 500 square feet.

Apartment Monthly Rent ($) Size (square feet)

1	950	850
2	1600	1450
3	1200	1085
4	1500	1232
5	950	718
6	1700	1485
7	1650	1136
8	935	726
9	875	700
10	1150	956
11	1400	1100
12	1650	1285
13	2300	1985
14	1800	1369
15	1400	1175
16	1450	1225
17	1100	1245
18	1700	1259
19	1200	1150
20	1150	896
21	1600	1361
22	1650	1040
23	1200	755
24	800	1000
25	1750	1200