IXL | Predictions and trends in scatter plots

Sam is saving for a new phone. This scatter plot shows how much money he saved each week over the past two months. It also shows how much money he spent each week.

Which statement best describes the relationship between Sam's saving and his spending?

As Sam's saving increases, his spending decreases.

As Sam's saving increases, his spending increases.

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The rangers at Broad Valley Nature Preserve keep track of the animals they see. This scatter plot shows the number of coyotes and the number of rabbits the rangers spotted each day last week.

Which statement best describes the relationship between the number of coyotes and the number of rabbits the rangers spot?

As the number of coyotes increases, the number of rabbits decreases.

As the number of coyotes increases, the number of rabbits increases.

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Each point on the scatter plot stands for a day. The

-coordinate

tells you how many coyotes the rangers spotted, and the

-coordinate

tells you how many rabbits they spotted.

Look at the scatter plot. Points that are farther to the right tend to be lower on the scatter plot. This means that points with larger

-values

tend to have smaller

-values.

The scatter plot shows that as the number of coyotes increases, the number of rabbits decreases.

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