For the past 15 months, Frank recorded the cost of his monthly home heating bill and the corresponding average monthly temperature. He displayed the information in the scatter plot shown.
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A scatter plot with average monthly temperature (degrees Fahrenheit) on the x-axis, and monthly heating bill (dollars) on the y-axis. Points trend in a line with a negative slope. Points are around (10, 155), (30, 120), (50, 80), (70, 25), (80, 18).
Point (25,125) means that the monthly home heating bill was $
for an average monthly temperature of
°F.
The plot shows that, in general, as the average monthly temperature increases, the amount of the monthly home heating bill
.