Mr. palmer does an experiment to investigate the effects of distractions on studying and learning. he gives each participant a line with 10 words to memorize in 5 minutes. some of the participants are interrupted during the 5 minutes with text messages from friends. the graph shows the number of words remembered after 5 minutes and the number of text messages sent to the participants as distractions.

would a person remember if he or she is distracted by 7 text messages?

words

5 words.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given a graph that shows the number of words remembered after 5 minutes and the number of text messages sent to the participants as distractions. We are asked to find the number of words learned by a student, if he or she is distracted by 7 text messages.

We can see that x-axis represents number of sent text messages and y-axis represents number of words learned by a student.

To find the number of words learned by a student, when student is distracted by 7 text messages, we need to find the y-coordinate corresponding to on the given line.

We can see that the value of y is 5 at , therefore, a person will remember 5 words, if he or she is distracted by 7 text messages.

75%

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