100 points helpA transcriptionist types 62 words per minute. Which statement is correct? As the number of words increases, the number of minutes decreases.
As the number of words decreases, the number of minutes increases.
The number of words, w, is the dependent variable.
The brand of keyboard causes a change in the number of words typed per minute.

Which phrase or sentence from the excerpt provides a text clue about the story’s context?

News of the machine had spread to the villages. . . .
The truckers left their vehicles along the roads.
Everyone walked into the valley. . . .
The traders spotted it from their stalls.