Number of Laps versus the Day
Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Number of Laps 18 12 10 15 13 20 9
A student was swimming laps for exercise. The table shows how many laps he swam each day. Which scatterplot shows the correct representation of the data?
(1 point)
Responses
A. A coordinate plane is titled: Number of Laps Swam. It shows day on the x-axis from 0 to 7 in increments of 1. It shows number of laps on the y-axis from 0 to 20 in increments of 1.
The approximate data points are as follows: left parenthesis 1 comma 18 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2 comma 12 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 3 comma 10 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 4 comma 15 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 5 comma 13 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 6 comma 20 right parenthesis, and left parenthesis 7 comma 9 right parenthesis.
Image with alt text: A coordinate plane is titled: Number of Laps Swam. It shows day on the x-axis from 0 to 7 in increments of 1. It shows number of laps on the y-axis from 0 to 20 in increments of 1. The approximate data points are as follows: left parenthesis 1 comma 18 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2 comma 12 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 3 comma 10 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 4 comma 15 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 5 comma 13 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 6 comma 20 right parenthesis, and left parenthesis 7 comma 9 right parenthesis.
B. A coordinate plane is titled: Number of Laps Swam. It shows day on the x-axis from 0 to 7 in increments of 1. It shows number of laps on the y-axis from 0 to 20 in increments of 1.
The approximate data points are as follows: left parenthesis 1 comma 18 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2 comma 12 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 3 comma 8 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 4 comma 15 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 5 comma 13 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 6 comma 14 right parenthesis, and left parenthesis 7 comma 9 right parenthesis.
Image with alt text: A coordinate plane is titled: Number of Laps Swam. It shows day on the x-axis from 0 to 7 in increments of 1. It shows number of laps on the y-axis from 0 to 20 in increments of 1. The approximate data points are as follows: left parenthesis 1 comma 18 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2 comma 12 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 3 comma 8 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 4 comma 15 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 5 comma 13 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 6 comma 14 right parenthesis, and left parenthesis 7 comma 9 right parenthesis.
C. A coordinate plane is titled: Number of Laps Swam. It shows day on the x-axis from 0 to 7 in increments of 1. It shows number of laps on the y-axis from 0 to 20 in increments of 1.
The approximate data points are as follows: left parenthesis 1 comma 18 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2 comma 21 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 3 comma 14 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 4 comma 15 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 5 comma 11 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 6 comma 15 right parenthesis, and left parenthesis 7 comma 9 right parenthesis.
Image with alt text: A coordinate plane is titled: Number of Laps Swam. It shows day on the x-axis from 0 to 7 in increments of 1. It shows number of laps on the y-axis from 0 to 20 in increments of 1. The approximate data points are as follows: left parenthesis 1 comma 18 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2 comma 21 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 3 comma 14 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 4 comma 15 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 5 comma 11 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 6 comma 15 right parenthesis, and left parenthesis 7 comma 9 right parenthesis.
D. A coordinate plane is titled: Number of Laps Swam. It shows day on the x-axis from 0 to 7 in increments of 1. It shows number of laps on the y-axis from 0 to 20 in increments of 1.
The approximate data points are as follows: left parenthesis 1 comma 18 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2 comma 12 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 3 comma 8 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 4 comma 15 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 5 comma 13 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 6 comma 15 right parenthesis, and left parenthesis 7 comma 9 right parenthesis.
Image with alt text: A coordinate plane is titled: Number of Laps Swam. It shows day on the x-axis from 0 to 7 in increments of 1. It shows number of laps on the y-axis from 0 to 20 in increments of 1. The approximate data points are as follows: left parenthesis 1 comma 18 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2 comma 12 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 3 comma 8 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 4 comma 15 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 5 comma 13 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 6 comma 15 right parenthesis, and left parenthesis 7 comma 9 right parenthesis.
Skip to navigation
Based on the given data, the correct scatterplot would be A. It accurately represents the number of laps swam each day, with the data points correctly plotted on the coordinate plane.
To determine which scatterplot correctly represents the given data, we need to analyze the information provided in each option.
Option A:
- The coordinate plane is titled "Number of Laps Swam".
- The x-axis represents the days from 0 to 7 in increments of 1.
- The y-axis represents the number of laps from 0 to 20 in increments of 1.
- The approximate data points match the given data: (1, 18), (2, 12), (3, 10), (4, 15), (5, 13), (6, 20), and (7, 9).
Option B:
- The coordinate plane is titled "Number of Laps Swam".
- The x-axis represents the days from 0 to 7 in increments of 1.
- The y-axis represents the number of laps from 0 to 20 in increments of 1.
- The approximate data points provided are: (1, 18), (2, 12), (3, 8), (4, 15), (5, 13), (6, 14), and (7, 9).
Option C:
- The coordinate plane is titled "Number of Laps Swam".
- The x-axis represents the days from 0 to 7 in increments of 1.
- The y-axis represents the number of laps from 0 to 20 in increments of 1.
- The approximate data points provided are: (1, 18), (2, 21), (3, 14), (4, 15), (5, 11), (6, 15), and (7, 9).
Option D:
- The coordinate plane is titled "Number of Laps Swam".
- The x-axis represents the days from 0 to 7 in increments of 1.
- The y-axis represents the number of laps from 0 to 20 in increments of 1.
- The approximate data points provided are: (1, 18), (2, 12), (3, 8), (4, 15), (5, 13), (6, 15), and (7, 9).
By comparing the approximate data points given in each option with the actual data provided in the table, we can determine that Option A correctly represents the data. The scatterplot in Option A matches the exact data points: (1, 18), (2, 12), (3, 10), (4, 15), (5, 13), (6, 20), and (7, 9).