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And here's another shmoopy question for ya.

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The following graph shows points representing the relationship between the amount of time

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spent walking per week and cholesterol levels of various people. 

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The people who don’t walk at all… are on an entirely different, much more depressing graph.

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Based on this graph, a person who walks about 2.5 hours per week can expect

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to have a cholesterol level of… what?

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And here are the potential answers...

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Scatter plot question. These are all about just making educated guesses.

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Emphasis on… educated.

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First let’s find the key points – the question asks about what happens after 2 and

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a half hours or 150 minutes of walking…

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…so we get a line starting here… as each block is 15 minutes.

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If we draw the line upwards, we cross dots around here…

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…so if we draw a horizontal line back to the y-axis…

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…we get to a spot about half way between 120 and 240

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or at about the 180 milligrams per deciliter line.

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So the answer is B.

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As in… “Butter pecan.”

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