During a health crisis, a health ministry was trying to determine if there was a relationship between the age of patients and the number of deaths from a virus. The following data was gathered from hospitals.

age (x)	72	64	70	85	53	90	81	45
number of deaths (y)	3	2	3	5	1	6	4	1

A. Plot the data on a scatter diagram.

B. Determine the: i. slope. ii. y- intercept. iii. equation of the least squares regression line.

C. Compute the Correlation Coefficient (r) and interpret your answer.