Question

you work for the national weather service and are asked to study the average daily temperatures in anchorage, alaska. you calculate the mean of the average daily temperatures for each month. you decide to place the information on a graph in which the date is the input and the temperature is the output. you also decide that january 1950 will correspond to the month 0 as indicated by the dot on the input scale. determine the quadrant in which you would plot the points that correspond to the following data: the average daily temperature for july 1963 was 63°f.

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate number of months from January 1950

From January 1950 to July 1963, there are \(13\times12 + 6=162\) months. Since months are positive - valued on the x - axis (input) and temperature is positive (\(63^{\circ}F\)) on the y - axis (output), the point will be in the first quadrant. In a coordinate plane, the first quadrant has positive x and positive y values.

Answer:

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