Kerri Chen, owner of Tulip Time, operates a local chain of floral shops. Each shop has its own delivery van. Instead of charging a flat delivery fee, Chen wants to set the delivery fee based on the distance driven to deliver the flowers. Chen wants to separate the fixed and variable portions of van operating costs so that she has a better idea how delivery distance affects these costs. She has the following data from the past seven months:

Kerri Chen, owner of Tulip Time, operates a local chain of floral shops. Each shop has its own delivery van. Instead of charging a flat delivery fee, Chen wants to set the delivery fee based on the distance driven to deliver the flowers. Chen wants to separate the fixed and variable portions of her van operating costs so that she has a better idea how delivery distance affects these costs. She has the following data from the past seven months: E: (Click the icon to view the data.) Requirements 1. Prepare a scatter plot of Tulip Time's volume (miles driven) and van operating costs. 2. Does the data appear to contain any outliers? Explain. 3. How strong of a relationship is there between miles driven and van operating costs? Requirement 1. Prepare a scatter plot of Tulip Time's volume (miles driven) and van operating costs. Plot the points on the graph now. (Enlarge the graph and use the point tool button displayed below to draw the graph.) Relationship of Van Operating Costs to Miles Driven Data Table Month Miles Driven 16,000 Van operating cost Van Operating Costs $5,490 $5,700 17,500 January February March April May 14,900 $4,910 16,200 $5,340 $5,820 16,900 13,0004, 0005, 0006,0007,0008,000,000 Miles driven June 15,100 $5,410 Click to enlarge graph July 14,500 $4,920 Requirement 2. Does the data appear to contain any outliers? Explain. Print Done The data to contain outliers. All data points fall in Requirement 3. How strong of a relationship is there between miles driven and van operating expenses? There appears to be relationship between van operating costs and miles driven. We can tell this because the data points fall in a Kerri Chen, owner of Tulip Time, operates a local chain of floral shops. Each shop has its own delivery van. Instead of charging a flat delivery fee, Chen wants to set the delivery fee based on the distance driven to deliver the flowers. Chen wants to separate the fixed and variable portions of her van operating costs so that she has a better idea how delivery distance affects these costs. She has the following data from the past seven months: E: (Click the icon to view the data.) Requirements 1. Prepare a scatter plot of Tulip Time's volume (miles driven) and van operating costs. 2. Does the data appear to contain any outliers? Explain. 3. How strong of a relationship is there between miles driven and van operating costs? Requirement 1. Prepare a scatter plot of Tulip Time's volume (miles driven) and van operating costs. Plot the points on the graph now. (Enlarge the graph and use the point tool button displayed below to draw the graph.) Relationship of Van Operating Costs to Miles Driven Data Table Month Miles Driven 16,000 Van operating cost Van Operating Costs $5,490 $5,700 17,500 January February March April May 14,900 $4,910 16,200 $5,340 $5,820 16,900 13,0004, 0005, 0006,0007,0008,000,000 Miles driven June 15,100 $5,410 Click to enlarge graph July 14,500 $4,920 Requirement 2. Does the data appear to contain any outliers? Explain. Print Done The data to contain outliers. All data points fall in Requirement 3. How strong of a relationship is there between miles driven and van operating expenses? There appears to be relationship between van operating costs and miles driven. We can tell this because the data points fall in a