A Graph Relating the Likelihood of an Injury from a Fall

question 15

Multiple Choice

A graph relating the likelihood of an injury from a fall to age from 0 to 90 should show a ______.

• A) horizontal line
• B) negatively sloped diagonal line
• C) positively sloped diagonal line
• D) U-shaped function

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Definitions:

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