Question

heather counted the number of cartoons on six television stations saturday morning. the table below shows her counts. which scatter plot matches the table? television station 1 2 3 4 5 6 cartoon count 8 5 10 6 8 10 (four scatter plots labeled x, w, z, y are shown, each with x - axis as television station (1 - 6) and y - axis as cartoon count (2 - 14) for saturday morning. options: a. x, b. z, c. y, d. w)

Explanation:

Step1: List data points

The pairs from the table are:
$(1, 8), (2, 5), (3, 10), (4, 6), (5, 8), (6, 10)$

Step2: Match to scatter plots

Check each plot against the points:

• Plot X: Points are $(1,2), (2,6), (3,8), (4,9), (5,10), (6,12)$ → does not match.
• Plot Z: Points are $(1,10), (2,8), (3,12), (4,6), (5,9), (6,7)$ → does not match.
• Plot Y: Points are $(1,14), (2,8), (3,12), (4,6), (5,4), (6,2)$ → does not match.
• Plot W: Points are $(1,8), (2,5), (3,10), (4,6), (5,8), (6,10)$ → matches the table data.

Answer:

D. W