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Heavy backpacks Ninth-grade students at the Webb Schools go on a backpacking trip each
Chapter 3, Problem 5(choose chapter or problem)
Heavy backpacks Ninth-grade students at the Webb Schools go on a backpacking trip each fall. Students are divided into hiking groups of size 8 by selecting names from a hat. Before leaving, students and their backpacks are weighed. The data here are from one hiking group in a recent year. Make a scatterplot by hand that shows how backpack weight relates to body weight. Body weight (lb): 120 187 109 103 131 165 158 116 Backpack weight (lb): 26 30 26 24 29 35 31 28
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QUESTION:
Heavy backpacks Ninth-grade students at the Webb Schools go on a backpacking trip each fall. Students are divided into hiking groups of size 8 by selecting names from a hat. Before leaving, students and their backpacks are weighed. The data here are from one hiking group in a recent year. Make a scatterplot by hand that shows how backpack weight relates to body weight. Body weight (lb): 120 187 109 103 131 165 158 116 Backpack weight (lb): 26 30 26 24 29 35 31 28
ANSWER:Step 1 of 3
Following are the steps described to make the scatterplot that shows how backpack weight relates to body weight.
Decide the variables and their corresponding axis.
The explanatory variables are taken on x axis and response variable on y axis. Here body weight is taken on the x axis and backpack weight on the y axis. As backpack weight relates to body weight is already given.