Exercise 14 presented data on body weight x and metabolic clearance rate/body weight y. Consider the following intrinsically linear functions for specifying the relationship between the two variables:

(a) ln(y) versus x,

(b) ln(y) versus ln(x),

(c) y versus ln(x),

(d) y versus 1/x, and

(e) ln(y)

versus 1/x. Use any appropriate diagnostic plots and analyses to decide which of these functions you would select to specify a probabilistic model. Explain your reasoning.