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Kentucky Derby 2014 The fastest horse in Kentucky Derby
Chapter 7, Problem 16E(choose chapter or problem)
Kentucky Derby 2014 The fastest horse in Kentucky Derby history was Secretariat in 1973. The scatterplot shows speed (in miles per hour) of the winning horses each year.
What do you see? In most sporting events, performances have improved and continue to improve, so surely we anticipate a positive direction. But what of the form? Has the performance increased at the same rate throughout the past 140 years?
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QUESTION:
Kentucky Derby 2014 The fastest horse in Kentucky Derby history was Secretariat in 1973. The scatterplot shows speed (in miles per hour) of the winning horses each year.
What do you see? In most sporting events, performances have improved and continue to improve, so surely we anticipate a positive direction. But what of the form? Has the performance increased at the same rate throughout the past 140 years?
ANSWER:Step 1 of 3
Direction: Positive, because the pattern in the scatterplot slopes upwards.