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A scatterplot shows the horizontal axis labeled as Years ranging from year 2012 to year 2022 in increments of 2. The vertical axis labeled as Average U. S. Temperatures in Degrees Fahrenheit ranges from 50 to 68 in increments of 2. The graph shows the following approximate unlabeled data points: left parenthesis 2012 comma 55.3 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2013 comma 52.4 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2014 comma 52.6 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2015 comma 54.4 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2016 comma 54.9 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2017 comma 54.6 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2018 comma 53.5 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2019 comma 52.7 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2020 comma 66.3 right parenthesis, and left parenthesis 2021 comma 54.5 right parenthesis.
The graph shows average annual temperatures in the United States in degrees Fahrenheit. What statistical investigative question can be inferred from the graphical display, and how should it be answered?
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What percentage of years shown in the graph had a temperature above 60 degrees Fahrenheit? Fifty percent of the years shown had a temperature above 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
What percentage of years shown in the graph had a temperature above 60 degrees Fahrenheit? Fifty percent of the years shown had a temperature above 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
What percentage of years shown in the graph had winters in which the temperature was below 55 degrees Fahrenheit? Twenty percent of the years shown on the graph had winters in which the temperature was below 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
What percentage of years shown in the graph had winters in which the temperature was below 55 degrees Fahrenheit? Twenty percent of the years shown on the graph had winters in which the temperature was below 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
What percentage of years shown in the graph had a temperature below 60 degrees Fahrenheit? Ninety percent of the years shown had a temperature below 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
What percentage of years shown in the graph had a temperature below 60 degrees Fahrenheit? Ninety percent of the years shown had a temperature below 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
What percentage of years shown in the graph had a temperature higher than the U.S. temperature in 2011? Thirty percent of the years shown in the graph had temperatures higher than the temperature in 2011.
What percentage of years shown in the graph had a temperature higher than the U.S. temperature in 2011? Thirty percent of the years shown in the graph had temperatures higher than the temperature in 2011.
What percentage of years shown in the graph had a temperature above 60 degrees Fahrenheit? Fifty percent of the years shown had a temperature above 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
The statistical investigative question that can be inferred from the graph is: "What percentage of years shown in the graph had a temperature above 60 degrees Fahrenheit?".
The answer to this question is: Fifty percent of the years shown had a temperature above 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
The statistical investigative question that can be inferred from the graphical display is: "What percentage of years shown in the graph had a temperature above 60 degrees Fahrenheit?"
To answer this question, you need to count the number of data points in the graph that have a temperature value above 60 degrees Fahrenheit, and then divide that number by the total number of years shown in the graph.
From the given data points, we can see that only the data point for the year 2020 has a temperature value above 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Therefore, only 1 out of the total 10 years shown in the graph (from 2012 to 2021) has a temperature above 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
To calculate the percentage, divide 1 by 10 and multiply by 100. This gives us a percentage of 10%. Thus, the correct answer is: "Ten percent of the years shown had a temperature above 60 degrees Fahrenheit."