Question

Baristas at Hot Cocoa Coffee Shop tested their new hot chocolate machine. The following table shows the number of seconds the machine was turned on and the amount of hot chocolate that filled up the cup.

Which representation is most appropriate for displaying and describing what is happening to the amount of hot chocolate over time?

Answer 1

Your Answer is the Third Option

Explanation:

You use Line Plots while talking about Time.

With this type of Table, the top is always X and the bottom is always Y.

Therefore, our answer is Option C / Third Option

Answer 2

A representation that is most appropriate for displaying and describing what is happening to the amount of hot chocolate over time is: C. graph C.

A scatter plot is a type of graph which is used for the graphical representation of the values of two variables, with the resulting points showing any association (correlation) between the data set.

In this exercise, we would plot the time (in seconds) on the x-axis of a scatter plot while the hot chocolate amount (in fluid ounces) would be plotted on the y-coordinate of the scatter plot through the use of a graphing calculator.

Based on the table of values, we can logically deduce that the line must visibly pass through the points (4, 3), (8, 5), (16, 8), (20, 11), and (24, 14) as correctly depicted by graph C only.