Without graphing, determine whether the following data set is exactly linear, approximately linear or nonlinear.
-$$\begin{array} { c | c c c c c c c c c }
\text { Height (inches) } & 57 & 60 & 72 & 59 & 63 & 65 & 66 & 68 & 61 \
\hline \text { Time (seconds) } & 32.9 & 40.1 & 35.7 & 41.8 & 47.4 & 37.3 & 39.1 & 41.5 & 32.8
\end{array}$$
A) exactly linear
B) nonlinear
C) approximately linear

Question

Without graphing, determine whether the following data set is exactly linear, approximately linear or nonlinear.
-$$\begin{array} { c | c c c c c c c c c } 
\text { Height (inches) } & 57 & 60 & 72 & 59 & 63 & 65 & 66 & 68 & 61 \
\hline \text { Time (seconds) } & 32.9 & 40.1 & 35.7 & 41.8 & 47.4 & 37.3 & 39.1 & 41.5 & 32.8
\end{array}$$
A) exactly linear
B) nonlinear
C) approximately linear

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The data does not show a consistent increase or decrease in the time with respect to the height, indicating a lack of a straight-line relationship, thus it is nonlinear.

Without Graphing, Determine Whether the Following Data Set Is Exactly