The mean selling prices of a home sold in San Bruno, California, are shown in Table 13 for various square footages.

Let p be the mean selling price (in thousands of dollars) of a home measuring s square feet.
a. Construct a scatterplot.
b. Describe the four characteristics of the association. Compute and interpret r as part of your analysis.
c. Graph the model p = 0.19s + 488.15 on the scatterplot. Does it come close to the data points?
d. What is the slope? What does it mean in this situation?
e. Use the model to estimate the square footage for which the mean selling price is $950 thousand.

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Table 13 Mean Selling Prices of Homes Number Used to Represent Square Feet 750 1250 1750 2250 2750 Mean Selling Price (thousands of dollars) Number of Square Feet 500-1000 1001-1500 1501-2000 2001-2500 2501-3000 632 733 814 894 1025