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Organizing Data

Question 11 • EF Math 12 1st Nine Weeks

The following table gives the number of chicken pox cases after 1988. The variable x represents the number of years after 1988. The variable y represents the number of cases in thousands. Year Reported Cases (thousands) 1989 185.4 1990 173.1 1991 147.1 1992 158.4 1993 134.7 1994 151.2 Using the data in the table, choose which set of axes and which set of ordered pairs should be used in making a scatter plot of the data. Graph A Graph B Set A (185.4, 1), (173.1, 2), (147.1, 3), (158.4, 4), (134.7, 5), (151.2, 6) Set B (1, 185.4), (2, 173.1), (3, 147.1), (4, 158.4), (5, 134.7), (6, 151.2)

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Graph A, Set A
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Graph A, Set B
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Graph B, Set A
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Graph B, Set B
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