A Curve with a Positive but Decreasing Slope Represents a Relationship

question 252

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

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