Question

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 essay rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 essay score 9.7 9.5 9.5 9.0 8.9 8.9 8.5 8.4 8.2 7.0 word count 324 352 337 318 299 304 290 291 278 250 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.

Explanation:

As we look at the data, when the essay score decreases from 9.7 to 7.0, the word - count decreases from 324 to 250. So, as the score decreases, the word count also tends to decrease.

Answer:

Word count tends to decrease as the score decreases.