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Kevin went fishing and is using a scatterplot to analyze the relationship between the weight of each of the fish he caught in pounds and in kilograms. He uses the weight in pounds as the independent variable and the weight in kilograms as the dependent variable. Which statement is correct?

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It is incorrect to state that Kevin uses the weight in pounds as the independent variable and the weight in kilograms as the dependent variable because in a scatterplot, the independent variable is plotted on the x-axis, and the dependent variable is plotted on the y-axis. In this case, it is not specified which variable represents the x-axis and which variable represents the y-axis. Additionally, weight in pounds and weight in kilograms are two different measurements and cannot be used as independent and dependent variable in a scatter plot since they are not directly related.

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