A manager is assessing the correlation between the number of employees in a plant and the number of products produced yearly. The table below shows the data:
Number of
employees
(x)
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
Number of products
(y)
100 1,100 2,100 3,100 4,100 5,100 6,100 7,100 8,100
Part A: Is there any correlation between the number of employees in the plant and
the number of products produced yearly? Justify your answer. (4 points)
Part B: Write a function which best fits the data. (3 points)
Part C: What does the slope and y-intercept of the plot indicate? (3 points)