Question

Data was collected on the price per cupcake on orders of different amounts from a bakery. The scatter plot shows the data that was gathered.

scatter plot titled cupcake pricing with the x axis labeled number of cupcakes and the y axis labeled cost per cupcake in dollars with points at 1 comma 6, 1 comma 5.5, 2 comma 5, 2 comma 5.5, 3 comma 4, 3 comma 4.5, 4 comma 3.5, 5 comma 3, 6 comma 2.5, 7 comma 2.5, 8 comma 2, and 9 comma 1.5

Which of the following describes the pattern of association for the scatter plot?

There is a strong, positive nonlinear association.
There is a weak, positive nonlinear association.
There is a strong, negative linear association.
There is a weak, negative linear association.

Answer 1

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There is a strong, negative linear association.