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Miles
Minutes
3
5
7
8
10
11
12
12
13
15
15
16
18
19
20
7
20
20
15
25
17
20
35
26
25
35
32
44
37
45
Miles distance commuting, and
Minutes time it takes
Select a cell in the table.
Note we left blank rows and columns
so Excel can figure out where the
table of data begins and ends.
Click "Insert" on the ribbon.
In the "Charts" section,
click on "Scatter".
We picked "Scatter only
with markers".
And we got this:
Minutes
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Minutes
0
And after some work with labels,
we improved it to this:
5
10
15
20
25
Time, in minutes
Commuting Distances and Times
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
5
10
15
Miles Commuted
20
25
Put x data into one list (we used L1)
Put y data into another list (we used L2)
x = miles distance commute
y= minutes time it takes
2ND STAT PLOT (on the Y= key)
Turn it on.
Choose the scatter plot picture
It defaults to our lists L1 and L2.
We picked the square as a marker.
ZOOM 9:ZoomStat
Here is the scatter plot.
ZoomStat set these boundaries
A slight adjustment to the WINDOW
Horizontal: x = miles
with tickmarks at 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25
Vertical: y =minutes
with tickmarks at 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50