A restaurant manager collected data on the number of customers in a party in the restaurant and the time elapsed until the party left the restaurant. The manager computed a correlation of 0.78 between the two variables. What information does the correlation provide about the relationship between the number of customers in a party at the restaurant and the time elapsed until the party left the restaurant?

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Answer:

C. The parties with a larger number of customers are associated with the longer times elapsed until the party left the restaurant.

Explanation:

The relationship between the number of customers in a party and the time elapsed until the party left the restaurant is linear, that is, the parties with a larger number of customers are associated with the longer times elapsed until the party left the restaurant.

The number of customers in a party at the restaurant and the time elapsed until the party left the restaurant is strongly, positively correlated.