Look at the scatterplot graph. what is the relationship between variable x and variable y? a. as variable x increases, variable y increases. b. as variable x increases, variable y decreases. c. both variables show a trend toward decreasing values. d. no distinct relationship exists between variables x and y.

The answer is D. No distinct relationship exists between variables x and y.

You can determine this by looking at the distribution of the dots. They are all over the place which means that it does not follow a trend. Statisticians, researchers and the like use scatterplot graph to show correlation or a relationship. If there was a relationship, you would see a trend the dots follow.