A Graph Shows the Price of a Pound of Cucumbers

question 261

Multiple Choice

A graph shows the price of a pound of cucumbers on the vertical axis and the quantity of new cars sold by Honda 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) horizontal line.
• B) vertical line.
• C) curve with a maximum.
• D) positively sloped line.
• E) negatively sloped line.

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