In 2019 the Journal of Mammalogy published an article listing the body mass b and brain sizes C' of 1,552 mammal species. An excerpt of that data is listed below. body mass brain mass (grams) (grams) 9.1 11.7 15.84 108 268 300 435 516.32 538 780 5012.5 0.16 0.24 0.59 3.45 4.48 5.19 6.91 7.91 8.5 11.02 50.7 a) Paste the data into Desmos and use regression to find a power function that fits this data. Make sure to select Log mode in the window that shows the parameters. Write your answer as a function of body mass. Round parameter values to 3 decimal places. C(b) Hint: Make sure to select b from the drop down editor as the variable in your function, not x. Do not type in b. b) Now use the model to predict the brain size of a mule deer that weighs 81600 grams. grams grams

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In 2019 the Journal of Mammalogy published an article listing the body mass b and brain sizes C of 1,552
mammal species. An excerpt of that data is listed below.
body mass
(grams)
9.1
11.7
15.84
108
268
300
435
516.32
538
780
5012.5
brain mass
(grams)
0.16
0.24
0.59
3.45
4.48
5.19
6.91
7.91
8.5
11.02
50.7
a) Paste the data into Desmos and use regression to find a power function that fits this data. Make sure to
select Log mode in the window that shows the parameters. Write your answer as a function of body mass.
Round parameter values to 3 decimal places.
C'(b)
Hint: Make sure to select b from the drop down editor as the variable in your function, not x. Do not type in
b.
b) Now use the model to predict the brain size of a mule deer that weighs 81600 grams.
grams
grams
Transcribed Image Text:In 2019 the Journal of Mammalogy published an article listing the body mass b and brain sizes C of 1,552 mammal species. An excerpt of that data is listed below. body mass (grams) 9.1 11.7 15.84 108 268 300 435 516.32 538 780 5012.5 brain mass (grams) 0.16 0.24 0.59 3.45 4.48 5.19 6.91 7.91 8.5 11.02 50.7 a) Paste the data into Desmos and use regression to find a power function that fits this data. Make sure to select Log mode in the window that shows the parameters. Write your answer as a function of body mass. Round parameter values to 3 decimal places. C'(b) Hint: Make sure to select b from the drop down editor as the variable in your function, not x. Do not type in b. b) Now use the model to predict the brain size of a mule deer that weighs 81600 grams. grams grams
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