A manager at a retail store was interested in the spending habits of customers during the holiday season. The manager surveyed a random group of customers and recorded the number of items that they bought, and the total amount of money they spent at the store. The table displays the information collected on the customers.


Number of Items 1 5 3 8 7 4 3 1 6 8 4 8
Amount Spent (in dollars) 22 92 57 470 204 102 81 85 152 780 52 455

Part A: Would a scatter plot or line graph be more appropriate for displaying and describing this set of data? Explain. (2 points)

Part B: Describe the patterns of association between the number of items that the customers bought and the total amount of money they spent at the store. Be sure to describe whether the association is linear or nonlinear, strong or weak, and positive or negative. (2 points)