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An illustration shows a scatterplot titled Amusement Park Traffic. The x-axis shows years in increments of one from 2010 through 2020. The y-axis shows number of cars from 10,000 to 13,000 in increments of 500. Ten points are plotted on the graph.
A kink is shown on both the x- and y-axes close to the origin to indicate a break in the data. The points are plotted at the approximate coordinates left parenthesis 2010 comma 10,000 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2011 comma 12,000 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2012 comma 11,500 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2013 comma 10,500 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2014 comma 12,500 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2015 comma 11,000 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2016 comma 11,000 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2017 comma 10,000 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2018 comma 12,500 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 2019 comma 12,500 right parenthesis, and left parenthesis 2020 comma 10,500 right parenthesis.

The graph shows the amount of amusement park traffic. Interpret the scatterplot to determine what type of association the scatterplot shows. Enter 1 if there is a positive association. Enter 2 if there is no association. Enter 3 if there is a negative association.

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Answer 1

To interpret the scatterplot, we look at the trend in the data points over the years from 2010 to 2020. Analyzing the points plotted:

• 2010: 10,000
• 2011: 12,000 (increase)
• 2012: 11,500 (slight decrease)
• 2013: 10,500 (slight decrease)
• 2014: 12,500 (increase)
• 2015: 11,000 (slight decrease)
• 2016: 11,000 (no change)
• 2017: 10,000 (decrease)
• 2018: 12,500 (increase)
• 2019: 12,500 (no change)
• 2020: 10,500 (decrease)

There is no consistent upward or downward trend throughout the years; instead, the number of cars fluctuates without a clear pattern. Thus, the scatterplot indicates that there is no association between years and the number of cars.

Based on this analysis, the answer is:

2 if there is no association.