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A local ice cream shop kept track of the number of cans of cold soda it sold each day, and the temperature that day, for two months during the summer. The data are displayed in the scatterplot below:

Which of the following is the best description of the relationship between X and Y as it appears in the scatterplot?

Positive linear relationship with outlier(s)
Positive linear relationship with no outlier(s)
Positive nonlinear relationship with outlier(s)
Negative linear relationship with no outlier(s)
Negative nonlinear relationship with outlier(s)
Negative nonlinear relationship with no outlier(s)

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