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3.4 Two-Variable Data & Models - Scatterplots and correlation
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The figure presents a sterplot titled “Temperature and Elevation.” The horizontal axis is labeled “Elevation, in feet,” and the numbers 6,000 through 9,000, in increments of 500, are indied. The vertical axis is labeled “Temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit,” and the integers 37 through 45 are indied. There are 8 data points. The data points begin a little below, and to the right of the top of the vertical axis, then trend downward and to the right. A line of best fit is drawn. The data represented by the 8 data points are as follows. Note that all values are approximate. Point 1. 6,350 feet, 42 point 9 degrees Fahrenheit. Point 2. 6,750 feet, 43 point 8 degrees Fahrenheit. Point 3. 6,750 feet, 42 degrees Fahrenheit. Point 4. 7,500 feet, 42 point 2 degrees Fahrenheit. Point 5. 8,000 feet, 40 point 5 degrees Fahrenheit. Point 6. 8,000 feet, 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Point 7. 8,800 feet, 38 point 6 degrees Fahrenheit. Point 8. 8,800 feet, 37 point 6 degrees Fahrenheit. The line of best fit passes through the data point representing 7,500 feet comma 41 point 1 degrees Fahrenheit, and the data point representing 8,500 feet comma 39 degrees Fahrenheit

The sterplot above shows the high temperature on a certain day and the elevation of 8 different loions in the Lake Tahoe Basin. A line of best fit for the data is also shown. Which of the following statements best describes the association between the elevation and the temperature of loions in the Lake Tahoe Basin?

A.

As the elevation increases, the temperature tends to increase.

B.

As the elevation increases, the temperature tends to decrease.

C.

As the elevation decreases, the temperature tends to decrease.

D.

There is no association between the elevation and the temperature.