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The relation between a hockey player's age and the number of minutes he spent in the penalty box during the regular 2006-2007 season is shown in the figure.The 18 players were members of the New Jersey Devils hockey team who played in more than 40 games that season.
Figure: Age and Penalty Minutes
-(Figure: Age and Penalty Minutes) Based on the scatterplot, it appears that as a hockey player's age increases, the number of minutes spent in the penalty box:
A) increases.
B) decreases.
C) remains the same.
D) is unrelated.

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The relation between a hockey player's age and the number of minutes he spent in the penalty box during the regular 2006-2007 season is shown in the figure.The 18 players were members of the New Jersey Devils hockey team who played in more than 40 games that season.
Figure: Age and Penalty Minutes 
-(Figure: Age and Penalty Minutes) Based on the scatterplot, it appears that as a hockey player's age increases, the number of minutes spent in the penalty box:
A) increases. 
B) decreases. 
C) remains the same. 
D) is unrelated.

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The scatterplot likely shows a negative correlation between age and penalty minutes, indicating that as age increases, penalty minutes decrease.

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