B) The correlation coefficient is , which can be determined by plugging the data into a TI-84 calculator.
C) A correlation coefficient of indicates that the correlation between the independent and dependent variable (x and y in this case) is moderately strong with a positive correlation. The closer is to 1, the stronger the positive correlation. The closer is to -1, the stronger the negative correlation. If is closer to 0, then there's no correlation.
If given ratio is 3.5 gallons per minute and we want to cups per second we can do this knowing that 1 gallon= 16cups 1min = 60sec ratio=3.5 Its the result
