A Curve with a Positive but Decreasing Slope Represents a Relationship

question 31

Multiple Choice

A curve with a positive but decreasing slope represents a relationship where, every time the variable measured along the horizontal axis increases by one unit, the variable measured along the vertical axis

• A) does not change by much.
• B) increases by a constant amount.
• C) decreases.
• D) increases by an increasing amount.
• E) increases by a decreasing amount.

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