Lighthouse Initiative for Texas Classrooms

Student Sample C

Statistics

You are planning to sell a used 1988 automobile and want to establish an asking price that is competitive with that of other cars of the same make and model that are on the market. A review of newspaper advertisements for used cards yields the following data for 12 different cars of this make and model. Take this information and construct a graph with a meaningful scale and intervals. From your graph, estimate the cost of the 1988 automobile. Justify your answer.

Production Year 1990 1991 1992 1987 1993 1991 1993 1985 1984 1982 1986 1979

Asking Price

(in thousands
of dollars)

6.0 7.7 8.8 3.4 9.8 8.4 8.9 1.5 1.6 1.4 2.0 1.0

Student Work Sample


Student Work Sample

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