Suppose a certain scale is not calibrated correctly, and as a result, the mass of any object is displayed as 0.75 kilogram less than its actual mass. What is the correlation between the actual masses of a set of objects and the respective masses of the same set of objects displayed by the scale? Why is it that the answer is letter E? How to get the answer? What is the solution to the answer?

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 Suppose a certain scale is not calibrated correctly, and as a result, the mass of any object is displayed as
0.75 kilogram less than its actual mass. What is the correlation between the actual masses of a set of objects and
the respective masses of the same set of objects displayed by the scale? Why is it that the answer is letter E? How to get the answer? What is the solution to the answer?

30000
(A) -1
(B) -0.75
(C) 0
(D) 0.75
(E) 1
Transcribed Image Text:30000 (A) -1 (B) -0.75 (C) 0 (D) 0.75 (E) 1
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