Solve the Problem A) Positive Correlation


B) Positive Correlation

Solve the problem.
-The table below shows the legal costs and the profits of a company from 2000 to 2005. Construct a scatter diagram for the data and state whether legal costs and profits for this company have no correlation, a positive correlation, or a negative correlation for this period.


$\begin{array} { c c c } & \text { Legal Costs } & \text { Profits } \\\text { Year } & \text { (Millions of \$) } & \text { (Millions of \$) } \\2000 & 9 & 9 \\2001 & 14 & 6 \\2002 & 12 & 8 \\2003 & 11 & 14 \\2004 & 15 & 9 \\2005 & 10 & 15\end{array}$

A) Positive correlation


B) Positive correlation


C) No correlation


D) Negative correlation