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Which of the following options could use both intercepts to produce viable solutions? (1 point)
(age, weight)
O (number of nominations, number of awards)
O (years of experience, starting salary)
O (temperature, number of car rentals)
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(temperature, number of car rentals)
Reason: to use both intercepts you need both "x = 0" and "y = 0" to be meaningful and give nontrivial intercepts. Temperature vs. car rentals can plausibly have a nonzero number of rentals at 0° and a temperature corresponding to 0 rentals. The other pairs have at least one intercept that is unrealistic or trivial (age vs weight: weight = 0 unrealistic; nominations vs awards: nominations = 0 ⇒ awards = 0 (trivial); years of experience vs starting salary: years when salary = 0 is not meaningful).
Reason: to use both intercepts you need both "x = 0" and "y = 0" to be meaningful and give nontrivial intercepts. Temperature vs. car rentals can plausibly have a nonzero number of rentals at 0° and a temperature corresponding to 0 rentals. The other pairs have at least one intercept that is unrealistic or trivial (age vs weight: weight = 0 unrealistic; nominations vs awards: nominations = 0 ⇒ awards = 0 (trivial); years of experience vs starting salary: years when salary = 0 is not meaningful).
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