Question

ms. sutton recorded the word counts and scores of the top ten essays in a timed writing contest. the table shows her data. how does the word count of an essay relate to its score in the contest? winning essay length essay rank essay score word count 1 9.7 324 2 9.5 352 3 9.5 337 4 9.0 318 5 8.0 200 6 8.0 304 7 8.5 290 8 8.4 291 9 8.2 278 10 7.0 250 word count has no apparent relationship to the score of the essay. word count tends to remain constant as the score decreases. word count tends to increase as the score decreases. word count tends to decrease as the score decreases.

Explanation:

As score decreases from 9.7 to 7.0, word - count values vary without a clear pattern.

Answer:

Word count has no apparent relationship to the score of the essay.