Question

Select the correct answer. In a scatter plot on a coordinate plane (Quadrant 1), 11 points are plotted at (2, 4), (3, 3), (3, 5), (4, 4), (3.5, 7), (4.2, 6), (4.5, 8.6), (5.4, 10), (6, 7), (6.2, 8.5), and (10, 9). Which point represents the outlier in the scatter plot?

a. (2, 4)
b. (5, 10)
c. (9, 10)
d. (10, 9)

Answer 1

The point that represents an outlier is

d. (10, 9)

How o find the point

In a scatter plot, an outlier is a point that significantly deviates from the general pattern of the other points.

To identify the outlier, we can examine the data and look for the point that appears to be an extreme value.

Alternatively, we plot the points and see the point that is oddly out of trend

Looking at the given points, (10, 9) stands out as an outlier because it is significantly distant from the other points

Therefore, the point (10, 9) represents the outlier in the scatter plot.