Question

A data set contains an independent and a dependent variable. Which must be true of the data set if a linear function can be used to represent the data?
The set must have a constant additive rate of change.
The set must have a constant multiplicative rate of change.
The values in the set must be positive.
The values in the set must be increasing.

Answer 1

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Answer:

  (a) The set must have a constant additive rate of change

Step-by-step explanation:

If a linear function is suitable for representing the data, the data will demonstrate a constant slope. That is, for evenly spaced values of the independent variable, the differences of the values of the dependent variable will be constant. We can say ...

  The set must have a constant additive rate of change.