Kevin went fishing and is using a scatterplot to analyze the relationship between the weight of each of the fish he caught in pounds and in kilograms. He uses the weight in pounds as the independent variable and the weight in kilograms as the dependent variable. Which statement is correct?

Question

Kevin went fishing and is using a scatterplot to analyze the relationship between the weight of each of the fish he caught in pounds and in kilograms. He uses the weight in pounds as the independent variable and the weight in kilograms as the dependent variable. Which statement is correct?

The points on the scatterplot will go up from left to right because as the weight in pounds increases, the weight in kilograms increases.
The points on the scatterplot will go up from left to right because as the weight in pounds increases, the weight in kilograms decreases.
The points on the scatterplot will go down from left to right because as the weight in pounds increases, the weight in kilograms increases.
The points on the scatterplot will go down from left to right because as the weight in pounds increases, the weight in kilograms decreases.

Answer 1

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2 hours ago

The correct statement is: The points on the scatterplot will go up from left to right because as the weight in pounds increases, the weight in kilograms increases.

This is because the relationship between pounds and kilograms is linear, with an increase in weight in pounds leading to an increase in weight in kilograms, since the conversion factor from pounds to kilograms is positive. Specifically, 1 pound is approximately equal to 0.453592 kilograms, which means as one variable increases, the other does too.