The following is a scatter plot for profits versus sales (in tens of thousands of dollars) for a random sample of 11 large companies. the correlation between sales and profits is 0.949.a. there is a positive association between x and y. b. if we removed the outlier, r would not change much. c. if we removed the outlier and recreated the scatterplot, we would have the same basic impression of the relationship between sales and profit. d. none of the above

A. There is a positive association between x and y

Step-by-step explanation:

The correlation between two variable is a statistics which show the association between the variables.

The correlation value ranges between -1 and +1.

answer: city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

total annual rainfall a city record = 40 inches

this year, total rainfall recorded = 37.6 inches

number of inches of rainfall   is needed to match the record of 40 inches is given by

hence, city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.