State whether the following statement is true or false, and explain why. if the statement is false, state the true change. a high school reports that its students' sat scores were down by 12% in one year. the next year, however, the test scores rose by 20%. the high school principal announces, "overall, test scores have improved by 8% over the past two years."

False

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that a high school reports that its students' SAT scores were down by 12% in one year. The next year, however, the test scores rose by 20%.

Let score initially be 100

Down by                     12

Next year score         88

For succeedingyear

increase is 20%        =

Score in the 2nd year =

Hence overall scores improvement is 5.6% and not 8%

range is infinite on both x and y axis positive and negative

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