The table below shows Britney's distance, in miles, from her destination after different time intervals in hours: Time (hours) (x) 2 4 1 3 6 5 7 Distance from destination (miles) (y) 1,000 880 1,060 940 760 820 690 What is the correlation coefficient for the data, and what does it represent? 0; it represents no correlation between x and y 0.999; it represents a linear positive correlation between x and y - 0.999; it represents a linear negative correlation between x and y 0.999; it represents a linear negative correlation between x and y

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Jaqueline Stout

Mathematics

19 November, 13:15

The table below shows Britney's distance, in miles, from her destination after different time intervals in hours: Time (hours) (x) 2 4 1 3 6 5 7 Distance from destination (miles) (y) 1,000 880 1,060 940 760 820 690 What is the correlation coefficient for the data, and what does it represent? 0; it represents no correlation between x and y 0.999; it represents a linear positive correlation between x and y - 0.999; it represents a linear negative correlation between x and y 0.999; it represents a linear negative correlation between x and y

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Nadia Freeman · Answer 1

For anyone is taking the test right now, i just took it and the right answer is - 0.999; it represents a linear negative correlation between x and y. Trust me. I got it right.