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A company's customer service department asks its customers to rate their over-the-phone service on a scale of 1–20 immediately after their service has been completed. The company then matches each customer's rating with the number of minutes the person waited on hold. The accompanying table shows the ratings and numbers of minutes on hold for 10 randomly selected customers. Complete parts a through c below.
Minutes Rating
1 14
7 12
3 20
8 15
5 13
2 17
5 10
3 17
5 12
2 15
a. Calculate the sample covariance.
b. Calculate the sample correlation coefficient.
c. Describe the relationship between x and y.