The table shows the relationship between the number of roller coasters ridden at the fair and the amount spent at the fair. Graph the data in a scatter plot and describe the trend shown by the graph.
# of Roller Coasters Total Cost
0 8.75
2 10
5 12.75
7 14.25
8 15
9 16
A. A scatter plot of the price of riding roller coasters is shown.The x-axis is labeled # of Roller Coasters and has numbers from 0 to 10 with a step size of 2. The y-axis is labeled Total Cost and has numbers from 0 to 20 with a step size of 5. The scatter plots shows these approximate points: left-parenthesis 0 comma 9 right-parenthesis, left-parenthesis 2 comma 10 right-parenthesis, left-parenthesis 5 comma 12.5 right-parenthesis, left-parenthesis 7 comma 15 right-parenthesis, left-parenthesis 8 comma 15 right-parenthesis, and left-parenthesis 9 comma 16 right-parenthesis.
The scatter plot shows a negative trend. As the number of roller coasters increases, the total cost decreases.
B. A scatter plot of the price of riding roller coasters is shown. The x-axis is labeled # of Roller Coasters and has numbers from 0 to 10 with a step size of 2. The y-axis is labeled Total Cost and has numbers from 0 to 20 with a step size of 5. The scatter plots shows these approximate points: left-parenthesis 0 comma 9 right-parenthesis, left-parenthesis 2 comma 12 right-parenthesis, left-parenthesis 5 comma 14 right-parenthesis, left-parenthesis 7 comma 15 right-parenthesis, left-parenthesis 8 comma 17.5 right-parenthesis, and left-parenthesis 9 comma 20 right-parenthesis.
The scatter plot shows a negative trend. As the number of roller coasters increases, the total cost decreases.
C. A scatter plot of the price of riding roller coasters is shown.The x-axis is labeled # of Roller Coasters and has numbers from 0 to 10 with a step size of 2. The y-axis is labeled Total Cost and has numbers from 0 to 20 with a step size of 5. The scatter plots shows these approximate points: left-parenthesis 0 comma 9 right-parenthesis, left-parenthesis 2 comma 10 right-parenthesis, left-parenthesis 5 comma 12.5 right-parenthesis, left-parenthesis 7 comma 15 right-parenthesis, left-parenthesis 8 comma 15 right-parenthesis, and left-parenthesis 9 comma 16 right-parenthesis.
The scatter plot shows a positive trend. As the number of roller coasters increases, the total cost increases.
D. A scatter plot of the price of riding roller coasters is shown. The x-axis is labeled # of Roller Coasters and has numbers from 0 to 10 with a step size of 2. The y-axis is labeled Total Cost and has numbers from 0 to 20 with a step size of 5. The scatter plots shows these approximate points: left-parenthesis 0 comma 9 right-parenthesis, left-parenthesis 2 comma 12 right-parenthesis, left-parenthesis 5 comma 14 right-parenthesis, left-parenthesis 7 comma 15 right-parenthesis, left-parenthesis 8 comma 17.5 right-parenthesis, and left-parenthesis 9 comma 20 right-parenthesis.
The scatter plot shows a positive trend. As the number of roller coasters increases, the total cost increases.