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What type of correlation repersents a set of data pairs (x, y) when y tends to decrease as x increases

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A set of data pairs (x, y) where y tends to decrease as x increases represents a negative correlation. In other words, as the x-values increase, the corresponding y-values tend to decrease. This indicates an inverse relationship between the two variables.

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