ConsiderHousehold income

Weekly TV hours

the accompanying table showing the average hours of television watched in households in five categories of annualincome, and complete parts(a) through(c) below

Less than$30,000

54.6 (Weekly TV hours)

$30,000 -$40,000

49.1

$40,000 -$50,000

48.5

$50,000 -$60,000

47.9

More than$60,000

47.3

Calculate the correlation coefficient and briefly characterize the correlation in words.

r=____________ (Round to two decimal places asneeded.)