A new author wants to increase sales of her new novel, so she does interviews to promote it. The sales of her book and the number of interviews are recorded in the table.

Question

Interviews per Week 4
8
12
16

Book Sales per Week 1,500
3,000
4,500
6,000

Which statement describes the ordered pair (12,4,500)?
Responses

The author gave 12
interviews, and 4,500
books were sold that week.
The author gave 12 interviews, and 4 comma 500 books were sold that week.

The author gave 12
interviews, and 4,500
times as many books were sold that week.
The author gave 12 interviews, and 4 comma 500 times as many books were sold that week.

The author gave 12
interviews that week, and 4,500
more books were sold that week than the week before.
The author gave 12 interviews that week, and 4 comma 500 more books were sold that week than the week before.

The author gave 12
more interviews and 4,500
more books were sold that week than the week before.

Answer 1

The correct statement that describes the ordered pair (12, 4,500) is:

"The author gave 12 interviews, and 4,500 books were sold that week."

This statement accurately reflects the information presented in the table, where 12 interviews per week correspond to 4,500 book sales per week.