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Here’s your shmoop du jour… Mark kept track of the time he spent online
each month for the past year. The truth can be scary. This guy likes his Minecraft.
The graph below shows the time Mark spent online in hours and the cost of the internet
access.
What conclusion can be drawn from the graph?
And here are the potential answers: OK so this question is a scatter plot that…
isn’t very scattered. It basically looks like the heart monitor of a guy whose heart
isn’t… doing so hot.
Let’s just read through the potential answers and, hopefully, one should jump out at us.
A “He spends approximately the same amount of time online each month.”
Well – no – he’s all over the map from here to here… like 2 hours to about 65.
So A is false.
B “He is charged according to the time spent online.”
No – the dollar amounts basically never change – he clearly has the “all you can
eat” plan.
C “He is charged the same no matter how much time he spends online.”
Correctamundo.
D “He is charged according to how much he downloads.”
Fortunately for Mark… no he’s not. Or else he’d have to field some pretty tough
questions from his mother… and the family therapist.
So the answer is C.
We also would have accepted that the answer is… “Mark really needs to get a life.”