Question

Energy is measured in kilowatt-hours. The table and scatter plot below, show the cost of building a facility to produce energy and the ongoing cost of operating the facility for five different types of energy.Do you think that there is a statistical relationship between building cost and operating cost? if so, describe the nature of the relationship.

Answer 1

Yes, because it looks like there is a downward pattern in the scatter plot. It appears that the types of energy that have facilities that are more expensive to build are less expensive to operate.