An environmentalist wanted to determine if the mean acidity of rain differed among Alaska, Florida, and Texas. He randomly selected six rain dates at each of the three locations and obtained the following data given. a)What is the response variable b)What is the factor variable? c)What are the levels of the factor (treatments)?

An environmentalist wanted to determine if the mean acidity of rain differed among Alaska, Florida, and Texas. He randomly selected six rain dates at each of the three locations and obtained the following data given. a)What is the response variable b)What is the factor variable? c)What are the levels of the factor (treatments)?

College Algebra

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ISBN:9781938168383

Author:Jay Abramson

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Chapter6: Exponential And Logarithmic Functions

Section6.7: Exponential And Logarithmic Models

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