Use the Figure Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 109

Multiple Choice

Use the figure below to answer the following questions.
Figure 1A.3.3
-In Figure 1A.3.3 the relationship between x and y as x increases is

• A)positive with increasing slope.
• B)negative with decreasing slope.
• C)positive with slope first increasing then decreasing.
• D)positive with decreasing slope.
• E)negative with increasing slope.

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