Question

Ella is working on a report analyzing the relationship between parental and teen smoking. She found this graph during her research:

Ella is working on a report analyzing the relationship between parental and teen smoking. She found this graph during her research:

Which of the following claims is BEST supported by the evidence in the graph?
A. There appears to be a close connection between smoking rates in adults and teens.
B. Over the past two decades, reductions in teen smoking rates have mirrored the rates for adults.
C. Adult smoking rates had been dropping for more than 30 years before teenagers began reducing their rates.
D. Both teens and adults have severely dropped their rates of smoking and instead have turned to more healthy activities.

Answer 1

C

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. Adult smoking rates had been declining for more than 30 years before teens began to decline.

Explanation

The image is a scatter plot that relates smoking in parents and adolescents between 1965 and 2011; the green line represents Adults, while the blue line represents Adolescents. As a conclusion of this graph, it can be established that since 1965 Adults have been linked to cigarette consumption, while Adolescents have been related to this activity since 1992. Therefore, the correct answer is C. more than 30 years before teens will begin to reduce their rates.