Question

the table below gives a record of the funds raised by a tv station since its first year of operations. draw a scatter plot for the data.
year 1 3 5 8 11 14
contributions ($ thousands) 70,000 150,000 190,000 230,000 270,000 290,000

Explanation:

Step1: Identify data points

(1, 70000), (3, 150000), (5, 190000), (8, 230000), (11, 270000), (14, 290000)

Step2: Check scatter - plot a

Points do not match data.

Step3: Check scatter - plot c

Points match given data.

Answer:

We need to match the data - points from the table to the scatter - plots.
The data points are: (1, 70000), (3, 150000), (5, 190000), (8, 230000), (11, 270000), (14, 290000).
Looking at the two scatter - plots:
In scatter - plot a, the points do not match the given data.
In scatter - plot c, the points (1, 70000) (starting around 50000 - 100000 on the y - axis for x = 1), (3, 150000), (5, 190000), (8, 230000), (11, 270000), (14, 290000) are correctly placed.
So the correct scatter - plot is c.