Ui.1.21
ms. sutton recorded the word counts and scores of the top ten essays in a timed writing contest. the table shows her data.
winning essay length
| 2
|
3 | 4
| 5 | 6
7
8
9
10
essay
| 1
rank
essay
9.7
score
word
324
count
9.5
9.5
9.0
8.9
8.9
8.5
8.4
8.2
7.0
352
337
318
299
304
290
291
278
250
how does the word count of an essay relate to its score in the contest?
word count tends to decrease as the score decreases
word count tends to increase as the score decreases.
word count tends to remain constant as the score decreases.
word count has no apparent relationship to the score of the essay
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