Question

The scatter plot shows the relationship between tickets sales at a theme park and the number of cloudy days per month for the past year.

Theme Park Ticket Sales

(in thousands)

100

99

98

97

96

95

94

93

92

91

90

87

86

BS

0

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Number of Cloudy Days per Month

Which statement best describes the relationship shown in the scatter plot?

A Ticket sales are high when there are few cloudy days.

O B. Ticket sales are low when there are many cloudy days.

C. Ticket sales go up if there are more cloudy days per month.

D. Ticket sales go down if there are more cloudy days per month

E Ticket sales are not affected by the number of cloudy days per month.

Answer 1

E Ticket sales are not affected by the number of cloudy days per month.

Explanation:

From the scatter plot Given, using visual observation, we can infer that the relationship between theme park ticket sales and the number of cloudy sales is randomly scattered with no defined linear pattern. That is, the plot does not ascertain of the number of ticket sales increases with increasing number of cloudy days, or vice versa. Hence, the relationship will best the described as concluding that ticket sales are not affected by the number of cloudy days per month.