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A family is tracking its spending habits. Over the

past year, the grocery bill has ranged from $120 to $180.
Suppose you were going to plot these points on a coordinate grid. (a)
What is a good scale to use for the y axis? Explain your reasoning.
(b) What is a good interval to use for the y axis? Explain your reasoning

User Josh Noe
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Answer: a) What is a good scale to use for the y axis? -20 units.

(b) What is a good interval to use for the y axis?- 20 units

Explanation:

A family is tracking its spending habits. Over the

past year, the grocery bill has ranged from $120 to $180.

We need to plot these points on a coordinate grid.

If we plot the grocery bills along the y-axis, and past years will be plotted along the x-axis.

So, a) Good scale to use for the y-axis will be

1 scale = 20 units

As 120 and 180 are both divisible by 20.

So, it will be a good scale to use for the y-axis.

b) Good interval to use for the y-axis:

It will be again of 20 units.

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