Florida Lakes

Florida has over 7700 lakes.¹We wish to estimate the correlation between the pH levels of all Florida lakes and the mercury levels of fish in the lakes. It is found that the correlation between these two variables for a sample of sizen

=

53

of the lakes is-

0.575

.

¹www.stateofflorida.com/florquicfac.html.

(a) Give the notation for the quantity we are estimating.

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r

(b) Give the notation for the quantity we use to make the estimate.

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(c) Give the value of the best estimate.

Round your answer to three decimal places.

Best estimate =Enter your answer in accordance to the question statement