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James needs to draw the trend line for both scatterplot A and scatterplot B.

Scatterplot A

A graph titled Scatterplot A. The points are grouped together and decrease.

Scatterplot B

A graph titled Scatterplot A. The points are grouped together and increase.

Which of these statements is correct?
The trend line for scatterplot A will have a positive slope, and the trend line for scatterplot B will have a positive slope.
The trend line for scatterplot A will have a positive slope, and the trend line for scatterplot B will have a negative slope.
The trend line for scatterplot A will have a negative slope, and the trend line for scatterplot B will have a positive slope.
The trend line for scatterplot A will have a negative slope, and the trend line for scatterplot B will have a negative slope.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The correct choice is: "The trend line for scatterplot A will have a negative slope, and the trend line for scatterplot B will have a positive slope."

Explanation: If the points decrease as x increases, the best-fit line slopes downward (negative slope). If the points increase as x increases, the best-fit line slopes upward (positive slope).