These dot plots show hourly earnings for a sample of workers in two different careers.
Career A
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100
Career B
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100
Hourly eamings ($)
What are the differences between the centers and spreads of these
earning distributions?
Select two choices: one for the centers and one for the spreads.
O A. Centers: Career A has greater median hourly earnings
than career B.
B. Spreads: The hourly earnings for career B are more spread
out.
O c. Spreads: The hourly earnings for career A are more spread
out.
O D. Centers: Career B has greater median hourly earnings than
career A

d

step-by-step explanation:

hello and welcome!

so, when we see the words "proportional" along with a table, we need to know that we're looking numbers that divide by the same thing.

looking at this table, we simply have to do a trial and error, and divide to see which numbers have the same quotient. if you look at choice a & c, they both have equal quotients for three of the numbers, with one exception, so those can't be the answer. looking at b, there is no similarity, so that can't be it. then, we see d; if you divide all the numbers in the table, you'll see that they all divide by two, which is a proportional relationship, and our answer!

also, always remember that the x will always be the number that goes into y, and somewhere behind this table, is a formula. for this specific table, the formula would be:

since our x-value is being divided by two to get the y-value. and if they were to ask for more numbers in the series, this is the formula you would use to find them.