Correlation coefficient tells about the strength ( Strong , moderate or weak ) and direction ( positive or negative) of the relationship between two quantities.
Strong correlation: The value of correlation coefficient lies between -1 to -0.5 or 0.5 to 1.
Moderate correlation : The value of correlation coefficient lies between -0.5 to -0.3 or 0.3 to 0.5.
Weak correlation : The value of correlation coefficient lies between -0.3 to -0.1 or 0.1 to 3.
The given correlation coefficient :-0.898
Since, it lies between -1 and -0.5 and has negative sign, it means it indicates a strong negative between the two things.
if the garden is 10 by 8 that would equal 80. so you have to take 80 out of 224. it equals 144. so you have to figure out what would equal 144. 12 times 12 equals 144. so that is the dimension for the walkway.