Question

James needs to draw the trend line for both scatterplot A and scatterplot B.

Scatterplot A



Scatterplot B



Which of these statements is correct?
The trend line for scatterplot A will have a positive slope, and the trend line for scatterplot B will have a positive slope.
The trend line for scatterplot A will have a positive slope, and the trend line for scatterplot B will have a negative slope.
The trend line for scatterplot A will have a negative slope, and the trend line for scatterplot B will have a positive slope.
The trend line for scatterplot A will have a negative slope, and the trend line for scatterplot B will have a negative slope.
Mark this and return

Answer 1

According to the answer above, C

Explanation:

Answer 2

The trend line for scatterplot A will have a negative slope, and the trend line for scatterplot B will have a positive slope.

Explanation:

The data in scatterplot A has a general decreasing trend. This is because as x increases, the values of y tend to decrease. This means the trend line will have a negative slope.

The data in scatterplot B has a general increasing trend. This is because as x increases, the values of y tend to increase. This means the trend line will have a positive slope.