An illustration shows the first quadrant of a coordinate plane titled Minutes played vs Points scored. The x-axis shows Minutes played and ranges from 0 to 40 in increments of 4. The y-axis shows points scored and ranges from 0 to 30 in increments of 5.
Thirteen points are plotted on the graph. The points are plotted at approximate coordinates left parenthesis 0 comma 0 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 4 comma 2 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 9 comma 8 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 12 comma 7 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 12 comma 11 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 16 comma 10 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 18 comma 14 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 20 comma 19 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 22 comma 15 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 24 comma 18 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 27 comma 29 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 33 comma 20 right parenthesis, and left parenthesis 33 comma 22 right parenthesis. An upward slanting line starts at left parenthesis 0 comma 0 right parenthesis and continues to left parenthesis 18 comma 13 right parenthesis.
Your coach gathered data on the number of minutes each player played in the game and their points scored. The slope is .7. Interpret the meaning of the slope.
Option 1: The slope means that, for every .7 minutes played, 1 point was scored.
Option 2: The slope means that .7 points were scored for every 1 minute played.
Choose 1 for Option 1 and 2 for Option 2.
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The correct interpretation of the slope, which is 0.7 in this context, is that for every 1 minute played, 0.7 points were scored. Therefore, the correct option is:
Option 2: The slope means that .7 points were scored for every 1 minute played.
Choose option 2.
