3. Alfonso surveyed several students in his school. He asked them to give the grade that they are in any the number of pets they have at home. The results are shown in the table below.
Survey Results
Number of
Grade
5
6
2
1
4
2
4
1
4
3
5
Pets
0
4
2
3
5
1
2
2
0
5
2
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Find the correlation coefficient for the data. Round to the nearest hundredth.

step-by-step explanation:

if you meant, "on the way from (3, 2) to (3, 14):

x does not change; y increases by 12.

ensure that you have copied down this problem correctly.   .

hello from mrbilldoesmath!

answer:

(7 x + 6 y) (49 x^2 - 42 x y + 36 y^2)

discussion:

the trick is to recognize that 343 = 7^3 and 216 = 6^3 and, in general,

a^3 + b^3 =   (a + b) (a^2 - a b + b^2).

in our case

343x^3+216y^3   =   (7x)^3 + (6y)^3

so take a = 7x and b = 6y in the above equation to get the answer.

you,

mrb

the correct answer is c