Unit 5 Contents

The graph below shows the history of the mile run in college championship races. Runners do not run the mile anymore in these track meets because the distances are measured using the metric system. Contestants now run 1500 meters, which is a little shorter than a mile.

1. What variable is on the horizontal axis?
2. What variable is on the vertical axis?
6. What was the winning time for running the mile in 1941?
7. Find the data point which shows a time for the mile race which is less than 4 minutes. What is the year for this data point?
1. Describe the graph. What does it look like?
2. If you read the graph from left to right, do the points tend to go uphill or downhill?
3. What does the graph tell you about the winning times for the mile run?