Question

The graph shows the relationship between the number of years smoking and the age of death. Which conclusion is the best supported by the scatter plot above?

Answer 1

"The more a person smokes, the shorter he or she lives."

Explanation:

If we were to draw a "trend line" through the scatters, we can clearly see that there is a negative relationship.

THe line would be a negative sloping line. That tells us that as years of smoking increases, the age at which someone dies, decreases (x axis increase means y axis decrease).

Looking at the answer choices, we can see that 3rd one is right.

"The more a person smokes, the shorter he or she lives."