Mathematics 0580 · IGCSE · Scatter diagrams

Scatter diagrams — practice question

The scatter diagram plots the daily numbers of sun hats and ice creams sold by a shop over a two-week period. The horizontal axis carries the label "Number of sun hats sold" and the vertical axis is labelled "Number of ice creams sold".
(a)[1]

State the type of correlation shown by the diagram.

(b)[1]

Describe how the number of sun hats sold is related to the number of ice creams sold.

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