It is recommended that you work this out on graph paper to help answer the questions. Maria plots the locations of 4 places on a coordinate grid as given below (It is recommended that you work this out on graph paper to help answer the questions.):
Her house is at (−4, 9).
Her school is at (−4, 3).
The community center is at (1, 3).
The grocery store is at (−4, −8).

Part A: Use absolute values to calculate the distance in units from Maria's house to her school. Show your work. (4 points)

Part B: Is the total distance from Maria's house to the school to the grocery store greater than the total distance from Maria's house to the school to the community center? Justify your answer. (6 points)

How can you tell when x and y are not directly proportional?

If your score on your next statistics test is converted to a z score, which of these z scores would you prefer: minus2.00, minus1.00, 0, 1.00, 2.00? why? a. the z score of 2.00 is most preferable because it is 2.00 standard deviations above the mean and would correspond to the highest of the five different possible test scores. b. the z score of 0 is most preferable because it corresponds to a test score equal to the mean. c. the z score of minus2.00 is most preferable because it is 2.00 standard deviations below the mean and would correspond to the highest of the five different possible test scores. d. the z score of minus1.00 is most preferable because it is 1.00 standard deviation below the mean and would correspond to an above average

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