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Two-variable data: Models and scatterplots SAT question
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An inspector begins a day of work with a large sample of shirts that need to be checked for defects. The inspector works at a constant rate throughout the morning. What type of model is best to model the number of shirts remaining to be checked for defects at any given time throughout the morning?
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Choice B is correct. Since the work is done at a constant rate, a linear model best models the situation. The number of shirts remaining is dependent on the length of time the inspector has worked; therefore, if the relationship were graphed, time would be the variable of the horizontal axis and the number of remaining shirts would be the variable of the vertical axis. Since the number of shirts decreases as the time worked increases, it follows that the slope of this graph is negative.
Choice A is incorrect and may result from incorrectly reasoning about the slope. Choices C and D are incorrect and may result from not identifying the constant rate of work as a characteristic of a linear model.
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