An ecologist wished to know whether certain species of aquatic insects have their ecological range limited by

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An ecologist wished to know whether certain species of aquatic insects have their ecological range limited by temperature. He collected the data in Table 8, relating the average daily temperature at different portions of a creek with the elevation (above sea level) of that portion of the creek.

(a) Find the straight line that provides the best least-squares fit to these data.

(b) Use the linear function to estimate the average daily temperature for this creek at altitude 3.2 kilometers.

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Calculus And Its Applications

ISBN: 9780134437774

14th Edition

Authors: Larry Goldstein, David Lay, David Schneider, Nakhle Asmar

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