Question

Which statement describes the relationship between x and y?

A. As x increases, y decreases.
B. As x increases, y increases.
C. As x increases, y increases and then decreases.
D. As x increases, y decreases and then increases.

Answer 1

Option: D is the correct answer.

D. As x increases, y decreases and then increases.

Explanation:

Clearly from the graph of the function we could see that as the x-value increases the y-value decreases as the graph is a line segment whose slope is negative and then it increases since the graph is again a straight line with a positive slope .

Hence, the statement that best describes the relationship between x and y is:

D. As x increases, y decreases and then increases.