Question

Hand draw a smooth curve on the graph that shows the flow of the data.

Short answer

The scatter plot is shown below:

Step-by-step solution

Given information

Given in the question that the table,

Year	# flu cases diagnosed	# flu deaths
$Pre-1981$	$91$	$29$
$1981$	$319$	$121$
$1982$	$1,170$	$453$
$1983$	$3,076$	$1,482$
$1984$	$6,240$	$3,466$
$1985$	$11,776$	$6,878$
$1986$	$19,032$	$11,987$
$1987$	$28,564$	$16,162$
$1988$	$35,447$	$20,868$
$1989$	$42,674$	$27,591$
$1990$	$48,634$	$31,335$
$1991$	$59,660$	$36,560$
$1992$	$78,530$	$41,055$
$1993$	78,834	$44,730$
$1994$	$71,874$	$49,095$
$1995$	$68,505$	$49,456$
$1996$	$59,347$	$38,510$
$1997$	$47,149$	$20,736$
$1998$	$38,393$	$19,005$
$1999$	$25,174$	$18,454$
$2000$	$25,522$	$17,347$
$2001$	$25,643$	$17,402$
$2002$	26,464	$16,371$
Total	$802,118$	$489,093$

Explanation

Use MS excel to plot the data. Follow the steps shown below:

1. Enter data in excel worksheet as shown below:

2. Select data of variable "Year" and "Number of AIDS cases diagnosed" and go to "Insert" menu.

3. Click on "scatter plot". The graph will appear.

The scatter plot is shown below: