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A sample of automobiles traversing a certain stretch of highway is selected. Each one travels at roughly a constant rate of speed, although speed does vary from auto to auto. Let x = speed and y = time needed to traverse this segment of highway. Would the sample correlation coefficient be closest to .9, .3, -3, or -9? Explain.

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