Which statement describes the relationship between x and y? a. as x increases, y decreases. b. as x increases, y increases. c. as x increases, y increases and then decreases. d. as x increases, y decreases and then increases.

Option: D is the correct answer.

D.  As x increases, y decreases and then increases.

Clearly from the graph of the function we could see that as the x-value increases the y-value decreases as the graph is a  line segment whose slope is negative and then it increases  since the graph is again a straight line with a positive slope .

Hence, the statement that best describes the relationship between x and y is:

D.  As x increases, y decreases and then increases.

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