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Here’s your shmoop du jour…

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Mark kept track of the time he spent online each month for the past year.

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The truth can be scary. This guy likes his Minecraft.

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The graph below shows the time Mark spent online in hours and the cost of the internet access.

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What conclusion can be drawn from the graph?

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And here are the potential answers...

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OK, so this question is a scatter plot that… isn’t very scattered.

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It basically looks like the heart monitor of a guy whose heart isn’t… doing so hot.

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Let’s just read through the potential answers and, hopefully, one should jump out at us.

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A “He spends approximately the same amount of time online each month.”

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Well – no – he’s all over the map from here to here… like 2 hours to about 65.

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So A is false.

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B “He is charged according to the time spent online.”

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No – the dollar amounts basically never change – he clearly has the “all you can eat" plan.

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C “He is charged the same no matter how much time he spends online.” Correctamundo.

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D “He is charged according to how much he downloads.”

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Fortunately for Mark… no he’s not.

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Or else he’d have to field some pretty tough questions from his mother… and the family therapist.

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So the answer is C.

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We also would have accepted that the answer is… “Mark really needs to get a life.”

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