If You Study 3 Hours for an Exam, You Can

question 354

Multiple Choice

If you study 3 hours for an exam, you can raise your score by 30 points. If you study for another 3 hours your score increases by 10 points. And if you study for another 3 hours, your score will increase by 5 more points. A graph displaying this relationship between the number of hours studied and your total exam score would show

• A) a positive linear relationship.
• B) an upward-sloping curve that becomes less steep.
• C) a negative linear relationship.
• D) an upward-sloping curve that becomes more steep.

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