Complete Parts A and B for full credit. Choose the best answer.

a) Find the value of the linear correlation coefficient r. The paired data below consist of the temperatures on randomly chosen days and the amount a certain kind of plant grew (in millimeters).

Temperature 62 176 50 51 71 46 51 44 79 Growth 36 139 50 13 33 33 17 6 16 A) 0.196 B) -0.210 C) 0.256 D) 0