Tony Long, owner of Flowers Direct, operates a local chain of fl oral shops. Each shop has its own delivery van. Instead of charging a fl at delivery fee, Long wants to set the delivery fee based on the distance driven to deliver the flowers. Long wants to separate the fixed and variable portions of his van operating costs so that he has a better idea how delivery distance affects these costs. He has the following data from the past seven months:

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

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Month anuary. February. March April. May Miles Driven 15,900 17,300 14,600 16,300 17,200 15,200 14,300 Van Operating Costs $5,430 $5,740 $4,940 $5,270 $5,820 $5,400 $4,990