The area of the square whose sides is s inches long will be given by: Area=length×width Length=s inches width=s inches thus: the area of the squares will be: Area=s×s=s² sq. inches
The negative linear relationship means that there is inverse relationship between two variables. It means that if the independent variable increases the dependent variable decreases and if the independent decreases the dependent variable increases. It means that due to larger values of independent variable there occurs the smaller values for dependent variable.