Question

Professor Andrews found that as the number of days absent increases, students' grades decrease. Professor Andrews has found:

Answer 1

The function relating student absent days to grades has a negative slope (grades decrease as absences increase).

Explanation:

There isn't much information in the question, but here are a couple of observations. Prof. Andrews found:

• The function relating student absent days to grades has a negative slope (grades decrease as absences increase).
• Evidence suggesting his lectures do convey useful information
• Students don't enjoy his class

Just kidding on the last 2, but all statements could be valid based on what little information is provided.