-The Table Above Shows How the Number of Books Katie

question 18

Essay

$\begin{array}{cc}\begin{array}{c}\text { Katie's Income } \\\text { (dollars per year) }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { Katie's purchases } \\\text { (books per year) }\end{array} \\\hline 50,000 & 14 \\70,000 & 16 \\90,000 & 18 \\110,000 & 20\end{array}$
-The table above shows how the number of books Katie buys each year depends on her income
a. What kind of relationship exists between Katie's income and the number of books she purchases?

b. Plot the relationship between Katie's income and the number of books she purchases in the above figure.Measure income along the vertical axis and the number of books along the horizontal axis.Be sure to label the axes.
c. What is the slope of the relationship between $50,000 and $70,000 of income?
d. What is the slope of the relationship between $90,000 and $110,000 of income?
e. Comment on the similarity or dissimilarity of your answers to parts (c) and (d).

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