Question

The scatter plot below shows the population of a village (P) over time (t). Describe the relationship between the population of the village and time.
A scatter plot is drawn on a coordinate grid.The x-axis is between 0 and 10 with each interval mark representing one unit, and the axis is labeled italic t. The y-axis is between 0 and 5000 with each interval mark representing one-thousand units, and the axis is labeled upper italic P.
Six points are plotted at the following locations:
· left-parenthesis 1 comma approximately 4200 right-parenthesis
· left-parenthesis 2 comma approximately 3800 right-parenthesis
· left-parenthesis 3 comma approximately 3000 right-parenthesis
· left-parenthesis 4 comma approximately 2500 right-parenthesis
· left-parenthesis 5 comma approximately 1000 right-parenthesis
· left-parenthesis 6 comma approximately 400 right-parenthesis
A. The population is decreasing over time.
B. The population is increasing over time.
C. The population remains roughly the same.
D. None of these

Answer 1

A. The population is decreasing over time.