Is it possible to predict the height of a tennis ball's bounce from the height from it was dropped? To explore this, a Physics teacher drops a tennis ball onto a cement floor from various heights (measured in feet) and measures the height of the corresponding return bounces. In order to investigate, she then makes a scatterplot based on these data. In making the scatterplot, the teacher should

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konradzuse · Answer

A. plot the height of the ball's return bounce on the horizontal axis. 
B. plot the height of the ball's drop on the horizontal axis. 
C. first determine if the bounce return heights follow a Normal distribution. 
D. use a plotting scale that makes the overall trend roughly linear. 
 
  IMO B

anonymous · Answer

Yeah, this is a pretty straight-forward set up.
Plot the drop height on X and the return bounce height on Y and fit an equation to the scatter.

konradzuse · Answer

That's what I figured... Thanks boss.