This scatter plot shows the number of career home runs and the number of years spent playing Major League Baseball for some players in 1986. Each point on the scatter plot represents the home runs and years for one player.

Question

What does the point (9, 113) represent?
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This point represents a player who played for
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Great job!
How would you describe the overall trend of this data?
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Players with more years in the league tend to score less home runs.

Players with more years in the league tend to score more home runs.

There is no trend that describes the relationship between the number of years in the league and number of home runs.
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Imagine a player that is not represented on this scatter plot. The player spent 10 years in the league. Use the trend of this scatter plot to estimate the number of home runs for this player.
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A player who spent 10 years in the league likely had home runs, based on the trend of this data.
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Answer 1

The point (9, 113) represents a player who played for 9 years and made 113 home runs.

Regarding the overall trend of the data, it can be described as:

Players with more years in the league tend to score more home runs.

If we consider a player who spent 10 years in the league, based on the trend of the scatter plot, a player who spent 10 years in the league likely had around 150 home runs, based on the common pattern observed in the data.