Given the table below, which represents the dollars (in millions) of Brand X candies sold per year, determine if the trend appears linear. If so, use a graphing calculator to determine the correlation coefficient for this regression. Year 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 $$ 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.8 3.1

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Given the table below, which represents the dollars (in millions) of Brand X candies sold per year, determine if the trend appears linear. If so, use a graphing calculator to determine the correlation coefficient for this regression.<p /><table width='100%' border='1' cellspacing='1' cellpadding='1''font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-size:11px;border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;direction:ltr;text-align:left;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);'><tbody> <tr> <td width='10%' valign='top' >Year </td> <td width='10%' valign='top' >1996 </td> <td width='10%' valign='top' >1998 </td> <td width='10%' valign='top' >2000 </td> <td width='10%' valign='top' >2002 </td> <td width='10%' valign='top' >2004 </td> <td width='10%' valign='top' >2006 </td> <td width='10%' valign='top' >2008 </td> <td width='10%' valign='top' >2010 </td> <td width='10%' valign='top' >2012 </td> </tr> <tr> <td width='10%' valign='top' >$$ </td> <td width='10%' valign='top' >1.2 </td> <td width='10%' valign='top' >1.5 </td> <td width='10%' valign='top' >1.6 </td> <td width='10%' valign='top' >1.9 </td> <td width='10%' valign='top' >2.1 </td> <td width='10%' valign='top' >2.4 </td> <td width='10%' valign='top' >2.5 </td> <td width='10%' valign='top' >2.8 </td> <td width='10%' valign='top' >3.1 </td> </tr></tbody> </table>