Question

the table shows the amount of money (in billions of dollars) that a country spent on their pets for the years shown. complete parts a through d below.

a. write this paired data as a set of ordered pairs of the form (year, pet - related expenditures)
(2001 28.2), (2002 29.7), (2003 32.7), (2004 34.6)
(type an ordered pair. type an integer or a decimal. use a comma to separate answers as needed.)

b. what is the meaning of the ordered pair (2004, 34.6)? choose the sentence below that best describes the meaning of the ordered pair
a. in the year 2004, $34.6 billion was spent on pet - related expenditures
b. from 2001 to 2004, $34.6 billion was spent on pet - related expenditures
c. in the year 2004, the average person spent $34.60 on pet - related expenditures

c. create a scatter diagram of the paired data. choose the correct scatter diagram of the paired data below

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze the ordered pair format

The ordered pair is of the form (year, pet - related expenditures). For the pair (2004, 34.6), the first element is the year and the second is the expenditure.

Step2: Evaluate each option

• Option A: In the year 2004, $34.6$ billion was spent on pet - related expenditures. This matches the ordered pair format (year, expenditure).
• Option B: The ordered pair is for a single year (2004), not the period from 2001 - 2004.
• Option C: The data is in billions of dollars for the country, not per - person spending.

Answer:

A. In the year 2004, $34.6$ billion was spent on pet - related expenditures.