Q30. - Algebra 2

Question

For exercises 30-32, use the table that shows the amount Americans spent on recreation in recent years.

Draw a scatter plot, where x represents the number of years since 1995.

Step-by-Step Solution

Answer

The scatter plot for the given data is 

Step-1 – Apply the concept of Scatter plot

A set of data which is graphed as a ordered pairs in a coordinate plane is called a scatter plot.

A scatter plot can be used to show whether there is a relationship between the data

Step-2 – Find the ordered pairs

Let x  represents the number of years since 1995. Therefore take the number of years since 1995 on the horizontal axis and amount on the vertical axis.

From the table find the ordered pairs which are as follows:

$\left(1995,401.6\right),\left(1996,429.6\right),\left(1997,457.8\right),\left(1998,494.7\right)$

Step-3 – Draw the scatter plot

The scatter plot is as shown below: