How would the value of the correlation coefficient change if the fares were plotted on the x - axis and distances on the y - axis?

Swapping which variable is on the x-axis and which is on the y-axis does not change the correlation coefficient. Correlation measures the strength and direction of the linear relationship between the two variables, and that relationship is the same either way. Therefore, the value would not change.

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