Question

Mr. Palmer does an experiment to investigate the effects of distractions on studying and learning. He gives each participant a line with 10 words to memorize in 5 minutes. Some of the participants are interrupted during the 5 minutes with text messages from friends. The graph shows the number of words remembered after 5 minutes and the number of text messages sent to the participants as distractions.

would a person remember if he or she is distracted by 7 text messages?

___________ words

Answer 1

5 words

Explanation:

Answer 2

5 words.

Explanation:

We have been given a graph that shows the number of words remembered after 5 minutes and the number of text messages sent to the participants as distractions. We are asked to find the number of words learned by a student, if he or she is distracted by 7 text messages.

We can see that x-axis represents number of sent text messages and y-axis represents number of words learned by a student.

To find the number of words learned by a student, when student is distracted by 7 text messages, we need to find the y-coordinate corresponding to
`x=7` on the given line.

We can see that the value of y is 5 at
`x=7`, therefore, a person will remember 5 words, if he or she is distracted by 7 text messages.