The numbers of wildland fires (in thousands) and wildland acres burned (in millions) in the United States

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The numbers of wildland fires (in thousands) and wildland acres burned (in millions) in the United States for eight years.

Fires, x 78.8 74.1 67.8 47.6 63.3 68.2 67.7 72.0 Acres, y 5.9 8.7 5.5 9.3 4.3 3.6 10.1 3.4


(a) Display the data in a scatter plot, 

(b) Calculate the sample correlation coefficient r, and 

(c) Describe the type of correlation and interpret the correlation in the context of the data.

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