A carpenter recorded the amount of money he earned for different jobs and the amount of time he spent on each job. The data are shown in the scatterplot below:

Question

A carpenter recorded the amount of money he earned for different jobs and the amount of time he spent on each job. The data are shown in the scatterplot below:

Based on the data, which best represents the amount of money the carpenter would earn from a job that took 5 days to complete?

$2,500

$500

$1,250

$200

Answer 1

Based on the scatterplot, the point that represents a job that took 5 days to complete is closest to the $500 mark on the vertical axis. Therefore, the best estimate for the amount of money the carpenter would earn from a job that took 5 days to complete is $500.