An object is thrown from the top of a building. The following data measure the height of the object from the ground for a five-second period. Calculate the correlation coefficient using technology (you can copy and paste the data into Excel). Round answer to 4 decimal places.

Make sure you put the 0 in front of the decimal.

Seconds

Height

0.5

112.5

1

110.875

1.5

106.8

2

100.275

2.5

91.3

3

81.235

3.5

71.553

4

61.83

4.5

45.65

5

0