What kind of relationship does the following scatter plot show? A.
positive relationship, nonlinear

b.
positive relationship, linear

c.
negative relationship, linear

d.
no relationship

B. Positive relationship, linear

General Formulas and Concepts:

Statistics

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Step-by-step explanation:

According to the given graph, we see that our data is increasing. Therefore, there will be a positive relationship in the graph.

∴ Answers C and D are eliminated.

We also see that we can draw a best line of fit in the graph. Since we can approximate this data using a linear line, our answer choice would be B.

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- lines r and s and lines t and u must be parallel