Chapter B.1, Problem 17E

To determine

To graph:

Scatter plot for the given data.

Answer to Problem 17E

The scatter plot for the given data is as below:

  

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

Year	Sales $y$ , (In millions of dollars)
$2004$	$8279$
$2005$	$13931$
$2006$	$19315$
$2007$	$24006$
$2008$	$32479$
$2009$	$36537$
$2010$	$65255$
$2011$	$108249$
$2012$	$156508$
$2013$	$170910$

Graph:

Consider the provided data of sales $y$ (in millions) for apple Inc. for the year $2000$ through the $2009$ .

The scatter plot for the given data is as below:

  

Interpretation:

According to the above scatter plot the sales decreases from year $2000$ to $2001$ and then increases at a constant rate from year $2001$ to $2009$ .