In the final months of 2008, the state legislature of a certain state announced the availability of a new special statewide Crime Initiative, designed to fight violent crimes in the state. Towns and cities throughout the state could decide to invest in this new crime initiative in 2009, at any level up to $70,000. The graph below shows, for 17 similarly sized towns throughout the state, the money they invested in the Crime Initiative in 2009, and the number of violent crimes that year in that town. A trend line is already displayed on the graph.
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Among these 17 towns, the median amount invested in the statewide Crime Initiative is
◯ $37,000
◯ $42,000
◯ $53,000
◯ $62,000
◯ $90,000
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