Question 9 • (OC27) MATH COLL ALGEBRA-1200710-S1-Degele-VOL7006P
As the average temperature rises, the electricity cost generally rises too, showing a strong positive relationship. The data points lie fairly close to an upward-sloping line, so the correlation is much closer to 1 than to 0. The best choice is r = 1.
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