Worksheet III

Statistics & Probability • Grade 11

17.2. Constructing a Scatter Plot

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A. Solve the following problems.

1. A math teacher wants to determine if the grades of his students in Precalculus can
predict their grades in Basic Calculus. Plot the given data in a scatter plot.

Grade in Precalculus Grade in Basic Calculus

83 82
91 88
75 76
92 94
87 90
73 72

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17.2. Constructing a Scatter Plot

2. A fruit farmer recorded the amount of fertilizer applied and the number of fruits
produced within a hectare of land. Construct a scatter plot of the observations below.

Number of Fruits Produced (in

Amount of Fertilizer (in kg)
thousands)
1 21.2
1.5 34.16
2 43.38
2.5 51.07
3 54.81
3.5 53.5
4 52.92

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17.2. Constructing a Scatter Plot

3. A financial analyst is observing the movement of a company’s daily stock price in the
market. The table of values below shows the record of the stock price per day in a
10-day period.

Day Stock Price (in Philippine pesos)

1 99.5
2 101.2
3 98.1
4 97.3
5 100.3
6 101.4
7 98.7
8 102.1
9 103.6
10 103.9

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4. A hospital record shows the ages of ten patients and their cholesterol levels in
milligrams per deciliter. Construct a scatter plot of the given data.

Age Cholesterol Level

71 221.5
44 192
61 203.1
40 187.5
68 219
52 193
48 206.8
35 178
32 160
74 225