Question

Your math teacher caught you text messaging in class, again, so the teacher is making you give a presentation to your math class next week. Your assignment is to analyze the scatter plot that shows people's ages and the number of text messages sent in a day. In 3-5 sentences, explain what you see in the scatter plot below.

Answer 1

Answer: If a scatterplot is included in the assignment

The dots plotted on the graph might closely follow the graph of exponential decline. There is a large number of texts per day by 19-20-21 year-olds, but the number seems to decline exponentially as age increases. With a little work, it may be possible to plot the curve and write an equation to model the decline.

Step-by-step explanation: Look at some graphs of exponential decay. Also consider harmonic and hyperbolic decay. The trend in the data is evident. The main challenge is to look at the data and create an equation that models it.