Question

Select the correct answer.The balance of a loan, y, over a period of several months, x, is recorded in the table. Which scatter plot shows the data?

Answer 1

1) We are told to find the scatterplot, of that table. As it is a loan, then there's a decreasing correlation.

2) The loan starts at $5,000, so the x-axis indicates the period in months

The y-axis, the amount of money, the loan balance. As we can see below:

3) So the right scatterplot is the 4th one ( counting from top to the bottom).