A Graph Shows the Price of a Pound of Cucumbers

question 486

Multiple Choice

A graph shows the price of a pound of cucumbers on the vertical axis and the quantity of new cars sold by GM on the horizontal axis. The price of a pound of cucumbers remains constant as the quantity of new cars sold increases. The graph of these data is

• A) a vertical line.
• B) a horizontal line.
• C) a positively- sloped line.
• D) a curve with a maximum.

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