A study was done to study the effect of ambient temperature x on the electric power consumed by a chemical plant, y. Other factors were held constant and the data were collected from an experimental pilot plant.(a) Plot the data.(b) Estimate the slope and intercept in a simple linear regression model.(c) Predict power consumption for an ambient temperature of65?F.

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y (BTU) x (°F)|y (BTU) 265 298 x (F) 27 250 285 31 60 45 72 58 320 295 267 321 31 74