Name _______________________ Period: ______________ Date: _________________
Sunny Days (Warm Up)
For seven random summer days, Sonya, the gardener recorded the temperature and her water consumption, during a three-hour period spent outside. 1. Use her table of data to create a scatter plot of temperature and water consumption on the coordinate plane. Label the axes.
Days
Temp. (Fahrenheit)
Water Consumption (ounces)
1
97
48
2
83
20
3
85
25
4
85
27
5
92
32
6
75
16
7
99
48
2. What is the independent and dependent variables in the scenario?
3. What are the domain and range for this situation? Discrete or continuous?
4. Describe the correlation of the relationship displayed in the scatter plot.
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