• Moody Gardens recorded the monthly rainfall and their umbrella sales for an entire year. The following table shows the inches of rainfall and the number of
umbrellas the store sold each month. The relationship between the inches of
rainfall and umbrella sales can be modeled using a linear function.
Aug Sept.
3.1
Jan
Teos
Mar
un.
NOV.
De
Apr May
3.6
Jul
1.2
2.5
4.0
2.4
0.6
1.5
1.4
1.1
Month
Rainfall
(in)
Umbrell
a sales
125
132
190
162
170
156
103
98
87
84
78
110
a) Using technology, determine the correlation coefficient for the data to the nearest hundredth.

B) what does the correlation for the data indicate about the direction and strength of the linear association between the monthly rainfall and the number of umbrella sold?