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Statistics, Data, and Probability II Drill 4 Problem 4. Based on the graph, a student with four years of postsecondary education can expect to have approximately how much student loan debt?

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Shmoop-oop-a-doop-boop… boop-boop!
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You might want to turn on all the lights and grab a friend for this one…
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hang on for a truly terrifying question…
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The following plot shows the relationship between the amount of postsecondary education
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and the amount of student loan debt for several students.

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Based on the graph, a student with four years
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of postsecondary education can expect to have approximately how much student loan debt?
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And here are the potential answers...
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This question is all about… simply reading a graph – or at least a pimply set of dots.
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If you go over to 4 on the x-axis and then crawl upwards so you’re in the middle of
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where most of those dots hover, you get to about $40,000.
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The BEST answer definitely ISN'T 20, 60 or 80 grand… so 40 has to be the right answer.
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And it is. B's our guy.
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Of course, the numbers in this chart are merely for the purposes of the problem at hand.
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In reality… be prepared to spend $40,000 on textbooks…
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Or instead, go and see the kindly, loving people at Chegg!
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