Question

Here is a scatter plot of data for some of the tallest mountains on earth. The heights in meters and year of first recorded ascent is shown. Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in this set of data. Estimate the year of the first recorded ascent of Mount Everest.

Answer 1

• The year of the first recorded ascent of Mount Everest can be intrepreted from the given scatter plot data as follows :

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• the year can be estimated as 1953 , since the highest point /ascent on the scatter plot lies during the year 1953 at just above 8800 meters .

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• So the answer is 1953.