Is there a relationship between the gestational period (time from conception to birth) of an animal and its average life span? The figure shows a scatterplot of the gestational period and the average lifespan for 43 species of animals. **scatterplot in the image** a) Describe the association shown in the scatterplot. b) Point A is the hippopotamus. What effect does this point have on the correlation, the equation of the least-squares regression line, and the standard deviation of the residuals? c) Point B is the Asian elephant. What effect does this point have on the correlation, the equation of the least-squares regression line, and the standard deviation of the residuals?

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