Mercury is a persistent and dispersive environmental contaminant found in many ecosystems around the world. When released as an industrial by-product, it often finds its way into aquatic systems where it can have deleterious effects on various avian and aquatic species. The accompanying data on blood mercury concentration (µg/g) for adult females near contaminated rivers in a state was read from a graph in an article. ======EY 0.20 0.23 0.24 0.30 0.35 0.41 0.54 0.57 1.43 1.70 1.84 2.20 2.26 3.08 3.24

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018
18th Edition
ISBN:9780079039897
Author:Carter
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Chapter4: Equations Of Linear Functions
Section4.5: Correlation And Causation
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Mercury is a persistent and dispersive environmental contaminant found in many ecosystems around the world. When released as an industrial by-product, it often finds its way into aquatic systems where it
can have deleterious effects on various avian and aquatic species. The accompanying data on blood mercury concentration (µg/g) for adult females near contaminated rivers in a state was read from a graph
in an article.
0.20 0.23 0.24 0.30 0.35 0.41 0.54 0.57
1.43
1.70 1.84 2.20 2.26 3.08 3.24
Transcribed Image Text:Mercury is a persistent and dispersive environmental contaminant found in many ecosystems around the world. When released as an industrial by-product, it often finds its way into aquatic systems where it can have deleterious effects on various avian and aquatic species. The accompanying data on blood mercury concentration (µg/g) for adult females near contaminated rivers in a state was read from a graph in an article. 0.20 0.23 0.24 0.30 0.35 0.41 0.54 0.57 1.43 1.70 1.84 2.20 2.26 3.08 3.24
(c) By how much could the observation 0.20 be increased without impacting the value of the sample median?
Transcribed Image Text:(c) By how much could the observation 0.20 be increased without impacting the value of the sample median?
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