This standard requires students to look at bivariate sets of data on graphs, such as in a scatterplot, to determine if the data represents a linear relationship or a non-linear relationship. 

Which of the following does not represent a linear relationship? Justify your thinking for each answer choice.

 

 

   

 

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8.5 Proportionality. The student applies mathematical process standards to use proportional and non-proportional relationships to develop foundational concepts of functions. The student is expected to:

 

(C) contrast bivariate sets of data that suggest a linear relationship with bivariate sets of data that do not suggest a linear relationship from a graphical representation