A diagram shows the quantity of tomatoes on the horizontal axis and the quantity of coffee on the vertical axis. The quantity of tomatoes remains constant as the quantity of coffee increases. The graph of these data is
A) a horizontal line.
B) a vertical line.
C) a positively sloped line.
D) a negatively sloped line

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Since the quantity of tomatoes remains constant while the quantity of coffee increases, the graph represents a situation where for any given amount of tomatoes, the quantity of coffee can vary. This is depicted by a vertical line on the graph, indicating that the horizontal value (tomatoes) does not change regardless of the vertical value (coffee).

A Diagram Shows the Quantity of Tomatoes on the Horizontal