Question

Select the correct answer.

Teams with varying numbers of players are playing a group card game. The time taken by each team to complete one game is given in the table.
What is the relationship between the two variables?
Number of Players on the Team Time Taken to Complete Game (in minutes)
32
2
26
3
20
14
5
8
OA positive linear association
OB. exponential relationship
OC. negative linear association
O D.
no relationship

Answer 1

a negative linear association (C)

Re-Written Problem [Formatted]

Teams with varying numbers of players are playing a group card game. the time taken by each team to complete one game is given in the table. What is the relationship between the two variables?

Numbers of players on team are going to be 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5.

time taken to complete game (in minutes) 32, 26, 20, 14, 8

(Select the correct answer)

A. Positive linear association

B. Exponential relationship

C. Negative linear association

D. No relationship

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Explanation:

Lower x values (numbers of players on team) are correlated with higher y values (time taken to complete game)

[note: I know which values are x and y because of a cause-and-effect relationship. x causes y. number of players causes a change in minutes {it wouldn't make sense for the number of time it took to cause the number of players} ]

So, if we were to graph this relationship, we would see a downward-slope / negative slope of a line, because greater x-values are associated with lower y-values.

So, you would see a negative line, showing a negative linear association.