ms. sutton recorded the word counts and scores of the top ten essays in a timed writing contest. the table…

ms. sutton recorded the word counts and scores of the top ten essays in a timed writing contest. the table shows her data.\nwinning essay length\n|essay rank|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|\n|essay score|97|95|95|90|89|89|85|84|82|70|\n|word count|324|352|337|318|299|304|290|291|278|250|\nhow does the word count of an essay relate to its score in the contest?\nword count tends to decrease as the score decreases.\nword count tends to increase as the score decreases.\nword count tends to remain constant as the score decreases.\nword count has no apparent relationship to the score of the essay.

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