The United Nations Development Programme website provides comparative data by country on key metrics,such metrics as life expectancy over time.The chart below shows data on life expectancy over time in the United States. Which of the following statements are not true based on the scatterplot of U.S.Life Expectancy over time?
A)The life expectancy in the U.S.is increasing over time.
B)U.S.citizens lived fewer years in 2010 than they did in in 2008.
C)The scatterplot shows an increasing trend in life expectancy in the U.S.
D)Based on the scatterplot,one can assume the life expectancy in 2014 will be higher than 78 years.
E)All of these statements are true.

Question

The United Nations Development Programme website provides comparative data by country on key metrics,such metrics as life expectancy over time.The chart below shows data on life expectancy over time in the United States.  Which of the following statements are not true based on the scatterplot of U.S.Life Expectancy over time?
A)The life expectancy in the U.S.is increasing over time. 
B)U.S.citizens lived fewer years in 2010 than they did in in 2008. 
C)The scatterplot shows an increasing trend in life expectancy in the U.S. 
D)Based on the scatterplot,one can assume the life expectancy in 2014 will be higher than 78 years. 
E)All of these statements are true.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The scatterplot shows an increasing trend in life expectancy in the U.S. and the life expectancy in the U.S. is increasing over time. However, it does not show that U.S. citizens lived fewer years in 2010 than they did in 2008. This statement is not supported by the scatterplot. Therefore, option B is not true. Option D is also not true as the scatterplot only shows data up to 2012, and does not provide any information about life expectancy in 2014.

The United Nations Development Programme Website Provides Comparative Data by Country