Question

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Given the following table, how would you scale the x-axis and the y-axis on a 10X10 grid in the first quadrant? (How much should each line on the graph be worth on each axis if your first quadrant grid is 10X10, given the values from the table?)


Population Number of people who rent

50,000 17,500

200,000 70,000

350,000 122,500

500,000 175,000

650,000 227,500

Answer 1

I personally would use increments of 70 000 as it would look the neatest given the space provided.

To get this, I took a bit more than highest value and divided it by the amount of spaces I had.

700 000 people / 10 spaces = 70 000 people per space

Answer 2

Each line on both the x-axis and y-axis of the 10x10 grid should be worth 45,000 and 21,000nrespectively based on the values from the given table.

How to scale an axis?

To scale the x-axis and y-axis on a 10x10 grid, we need to determine the range of values for each axis and divide that range by the corresponding dimension of the grid.

For the x-axis (Population):

Find the range: 500,000 - 50,000 = 450,000

Divide the range by the grid size: 450,000 / 10 = 45,000

So, each line on the x-axis represents 45,000 in population.

For the y-axis (Number of people who rent)

Find the range: 227,500 - 17,500 = 210,000

Divide the range by the grid size: 210,000 / 10 = 21,000

So, each line on the y-axis represents 21,000 in the number of people who rent.

Therefore, each line on both the x-axis and y-axis of the 10x10 grid should be worth 45,000 and 21,000nrespectively based on the values from the given table.