Question

1. the graph below shows the number of households in a town that subscribe to a newspaper delivery service each year since 1992. use the graph to answer the questions. a) in what year were there 28,000 newspaper delivery subscriptions? b) about how many newspaper delivery subscriptions were there in 1996? c) what relationship is shown by the data?

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze the graph for part a

Locate the value \(28000\) (since the y - axis is in thousands) on the y - axis. Then find the corresponding x - value (year).

Step2: Analyze the graph for part b

Locate the year \(1996\) (assuming the x - axis is years since \(1992\), \(1996 - 1992=4\)). Then find the corresponding y - value.

Step3: Analyze the trend for part c

Look at the direction of the data points (increasing or decreasing)

Answer:

a) \(1996\)
b) Approximately \(32000\)
c) The number of newspaper delivery subscriptions is decreasing over time.