Melody Leigh, owner of Broadway Floral, operates a local chain of floral shops. Each shop has its own delivery van. Instead of charging a flat delivery fee, Leigh wants to set the delivery fee based on the distance driven to deliver the flowers. Leigh wants to separate the fixed and variable portions of her van operating costs so that she has a better idea of how delivery distance affects these costs. She has the following data from the past seven months:

Requirements
1. Prepare a scatter plot of Broadway Floral's volume (miles driven) and van operating costs.
2. Does the data appear to contain any outliers? Explain.
3. How strong a relationship is there between miles driven and van operating costs?

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Miles Driven 15,500 17,400 15,400 16,300 16,500 15,200 14,400 Van Operating Costs $5,390 Month January. February . March $5,280 $4,960 $5,340 April. May. $5,450 June $5,230 July $4,680