"Increasing" and "decreasing" are references to what the y-values do when the x-values increase.
Attached is a copy of all four tables, marked with whether the y-values increased or decreased on each step (and it also shows how much that increase or decrease was.
The only table that does this is the top right table in the attachment, which is your second table.
Answer:
Mean = 5 feet 2 inches.
Step-by-step explanation:
1 feet = 12 inches
Height of Dad = 6 feet 2 inches = {(6 × 12)+2} = 74 inches
Mom is 3 inches shorter than dad = 74 - 3 = 71 inches (5 ft 11 in)
Since mom is 2 inches taller than Ivan,
Height of Ivan = 71 - 2 = 69 inches (5 ft 9 in)
Marica is 5 inches shorter than Ivan,
Height of Marica = 69 - 5 = 64 inches (5 ft 4 in)
Marica is twice as tall as Sally-Jo.
Height of Sally-Jo = 64 ÷ 2 = 32 inches (2 ft 8 in)
Hence the mean height of the Schuller family
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= 62 inches
converting 62 inches to feet = = 5 feet 2 inches
Mean height of the Schuller family is 5 feet 2 inches.