How much should a healthy Shetland pony weigh? Let x be the age of the pony (in months), and let y be the average weight of the pony (in kilograms). x 3 6 12 17 22 y 60 95 140 160 175   (a) Make a scatter diagram of the data and visualize the line you think best fits the data.   (b) Would you say the correlation is low, moderate, or strong? lowmoderate strong   (c) Use a calculator to verify that         x = 60,          x2 = 962,          y = 630,          y2 = 88,450,  and         xy = 9,000.   Compute r. (Round your answer to four decimal places.) As x increases from 3 to 22 months, does the value of r imply that y should tend to increase or decrease? Explain your answer. Given our value of r, y should tend to increase as x increases.   Given our value of r, y should tend to remain constant as x increases.      Given our value of r, y should tend to decrease as x increases.   Given our value of r, we can not draw any conclusions for the behavior of y as x increases.

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How much should a healthy Shetland pony weigh? Let x be the age of the pony (in months), and let y be the average weight of the pony (in kilograms).

x 3 6 12 17 22
y 60 95 140 160 175
 
(a) Make a scatter diagram of the data and visualize the line you think best fits the data.
 



(b) Would you say the correlation is low, moderate, or strong?
lowmoderate strong
 
(c) Use a calculator to verify that 
   
 
 
x = 60,
 
   
 
 
x2 = 962,
 
   
 
 
y = 630,
 
   
 
 
y2 = 88,450,
 and 
   
 
 
xy = 9,000.
 
Compute r. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)


As x increases from 3 to 22 months, does the value of r imply that y should tend to increase or decrease? Explain your answer.

Given our value of ry should tend to increase as x increases.
 
Given our value of ry should tend to remain constant as x increases. 
   
Given our value of ry should tend to decrease as x increases.
 
Given our value of r, we can not draw any conclusions for the behavior of y as x increases.
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