2.39 Travel Shaw is an agency based in Bulgaria that employs a group of travel reporters who publish stories based on exciting destinations from around the world.

Travel Shaw also offers three destination tours: Asia, Europe, and the United States. One of the agents at Travel Shaw wants to determine the relationship between the price of a tour and the number of sales arrangements.

Over a 15-day period, the agent records the number of sales made for each of the three tours.

The following data show the tour’s price ($000), X, and the number tours sold, Y, during the period:

13, 82, 15, 62, 19, 32, 14, 102, 16, 62, 111, 42, 13, 52, 14, 22, 110, 12, 12, 92, 16, 72, 110, 12, 12, 42, 16, 72, 19, 22

a. Describe the data numerically with their covariance and correlation.

b. Discuss the relationship between the price and number of travel tours sold.