Chapter 2.A, Problem 1P

To determine

(a) If the price of movies increases, fewer consumers go to see movies.

(b) More experienced workers typically have higher incomes than less experienced workers.

(c) Whatever is the temperature outside, people consume the same number of hot dogs per day.

(d) Consumers buy more frozen yogurt when the price of ice cream goes up.

(e) Research finds no relationship between the number of diet books purchased and the number of pounds lost by the average dieter.

(f) Regardless of its price, people buy the same quantity of salt.

Concept Introduction

The slope of a line:

The slope of a line represents the change in the value of y-axis per unit value on the x-axis. The slope of a line is a measure of the steepness of the line.