The following data pairs represent the average temperature [tex]$x$[/tex] (in degrees Fahrenheit) and electricity costs [tex]$y$[/tex] (in dollars) for different homes:
[tex]$\begin{array}{l}
(65,147),(59,141),(71,176),(78,189),(82,183),(85,211) \\
(88,231),(91,227),(84,198),(79,188),(63,152),(59,126)
\end{array}$[/tex]
Which of the following values is most likely the closest to the correlation coefficient of the data?
A. [tex]$r=-1$[/tex]
B. [tex]$r=-0.5$[/tex]
C. [tex]$r=0$[/tex]
D. [tex]$r=0.5$[/tex]
E. [tex]$r=1$[/tex]
Asked by tootsabell1
Answer (1)
Th radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the center to the extreme edge of a circle hope it helped