Question

The table shows the relationship between the number of laps that Mary ran and the time, in minutes, that she spent running.

Running Times
Number of Laps Time (in minutes)
1 2
3 8
5 14
8 23
Which of these best describes this relationship?
A. nonlinear
B. linear
C. directly proportional
D. inversely proportional

Answer 1

I was thinking linear I even graphed it

Answer 2

It is not.
Linear would have (8-2)/(3-1) the same as (14-2)/(5-1)

Answer 3

Your graph probably was not to scale, or the scale too small.

Answer 4

Well its not nonliear

Answer 5

That is true, but you have to eliminate inverse as well, which is also non-linear.
Inverse would have the product of "x" and "y" constant, which is not the case here.