i think it's b. model of car
7 . 3
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10. . 6
= 21
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60
= 7/20
So if x= number of trees, and y= rental applications, the owner wants to see if increasing x will increase y. The correlation coefficient is between -1 and 1. If the number of trees really does have a positive impact on rental applications, the correlation coefficient would be close to 1. If there is absolutely no relationship, the coefficient would be near zero. If planting trees causes a DECLINE in rental applications, the coefficient would be close to -1.
