Question

Suppose you are going to graph the data in the table below. What data should be represented on each axis, and what should the increments be?

Hours Distance traveled (miles)
1 60
2 35
3 45
4 65
5 55
6 62
7 12
8 65
x-axis: miles in increments of 15; y-axis: hours in increments of 5
x-axis: miles in increments of 5; y-axis: hours in increments of 1
x-axis: hours in increments of 5; y-axis: miles in increments of 15
x-axis: hours in increments of 1; y-axis: miles in increments of 5

Answer 1

The last one   x axis is hours by 1 and the y axis is miles by 5

Answer 2

The correct option is:

x-axis: hours in increments of 1; y-axis: miles in increments of 5

Explanation:

We are given a table as follows:

Hours Distance traveled (miles)

1 60

2 35

3 45

4 65

5 55

6 62

7 12

8 65

Now, when we represent this data by a graph then the x-axis represent the dependent variable and y-axis represent the independent variable.

i.e. x-axis will denote time and as the data is collected in every minute.

Hence, we have to take a increment of 1 on the x-axis.

and also the y-axis denote the miles traveled and must be taken in increment of 5.