Use the image to answer the question. An illustration shows two graphs depicting points per game for players A and B. The first graph shows points per game for player A. The horizontal axis shows games ranging from 0 to 5 in increments of 1. The vertical axis shows points ranging from 0 to 85 in increments of 5. Three data points are plotted on the graph at left parenthesis 0 comma 0 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2 comma 40 right parenthesis, and left parenthesis 4 comma 80 right parenthesis. A line connects all the data points. The second graph shows points per game for player B. The horizontal axis shows games ranging from 0 to 6 in increments of 1. The vertical axis shows points ranging from 0 to 80 in increments of 5. Three data points are plotted on the graph at left parenthesis 0 comma 0 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 3 comma 45 right parenthesis, and left parenthesis 5 comma 75 right parenthesis. A line connects all the data points.
The average points scored playing basketball for Player A and Player B are graphed in the graphs. Determine which player averaged more points per game.
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Player A averaged more points than Player B. Player A averaged 80 points per game.
Player A averaged more points than Player B. Player A averaged 80 points per game.
Player B averaged more points than Player A. Player B averaged 45 points per game.
Player B averaged more points than Player A. Player B averaged 45 points per game.
Player A averaged more points than Player B. Player A averaged 20 points per game.
Player A averaged more points than Player B. Player A averaged 20 points per game.
Player B averaged more points than Player A. Player B averaged 75 points per game.
Player B averaged more points than Player A. Player B averaged 75 points per game.
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To determine which player averaged more points per game, we need to calculate their average points per game. We can do this by finding the slope of the line connecting the data points on each graph.
For Player A, the slope of the line passing through the three data points is (80-0)/(4-0) = 20. This means that Player A averaged 20 points per game.
For Player B, the slope of the line passing through the three data points is (75-0)/(5-0) = 15. This means that Player B averaged 15 points per game.
Therefore, Player A averaged more points per game than Player B with an average of 20 points per game.