You work for the National Weather Service and are asked to study the average daily temperatures in Anchorage, Alaska. You calculate the mean of the average daily temperatures for each month. You decide to place the information on a graph in which the date is the input and the temperature is the output. You also decide that January 1950 will correspond to the month 0 as indicated by the dot on the input scale.

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Determine the quadrant in which you would plot the points that correspond to the following data:

The average daily temperature for July 1963 was 63 degrees Fahrenheit
a. Quadrant III
b. Quadrant IV
c. Quadrant II
d. Quadrant I

Question

You work for the National Weather Service and are asked to study the average daily temperatures in Anchorage, Alaska. You calculate the mean of the average daily temperatures for each month. You decide to place the information on a graph in which the date is the input and the temperature is the output. You also decide that January 1950 will correspond to the month 0 as indicated by the dot on the input scale.

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Determine the quadrant in which you would plot the points that correspond to the following data:

The average daily temperature for July 1963 was 63 degrees Fahrenheit
a. Quadrant III
b. Quadrant IV
c. Quadrant II
d. Quadrant I

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

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jim_thompson5910 · Answer

Is it possible to have a negative number represent a month?

anonymous · Answer

no

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

so we only focus on the right half of the x axis

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jim_thompson5910 · Answer

I'm assuming they want you to plot a point for "July 1963 was 63 degrees Fahrenheit"

so that's in the positive temp region

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