Before starting a diet, a person weighs 180 pounds. The person€™s weights (in pounds) are shown in Table 24 for various numbers of weeks since going on the diet.

Let w be the person€™s weight (in pounds) after being on the diet for t months.
a. Use technology to construct a scatterplot.
b. Describe the four characteristics of the association. Compute and interpret r as part of your analysis.
c. Find the rate of change of the person€™s weight from t = 2 to t = 3.
d. Find the rate of change of the person€™s weight from t = 3 to t = 5.
e. Find the rate of change of the person€™s weight from t = 0 to t = 5. Compare the result to the results you found in parts (c) and (d).

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Table 24 Time versus Person's Weight Weight pounds) 180 175 170 165 160 155 Number of Months on Diet