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GRAPHS
By: Sam D. Fuego
Social Sciences Department
School of Liberal Arts
Ateneo de Zamboanga University
Graph is an illustration showing how two or
more sets of data or variables are related to
one another.
The primary purpose for using graphs in
economic analysis is to study the relationship
between two variables.
Relationships between two
variables
1. Inversely related variables
Two variables are inversely related (or negatively
slope) if the value of one variable increases as
the value of the other variable decreases.
The graph of this relationship would be a
downward-sloping line.
2. Directly related variables
Two variables are directly related if the value of
one variable increases as the value of the other
variable increases, and decreases as the value of
other variable decreases.
The graph is an upward-sloping line.