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Running Speed Versus Length The table on the next page gives the length L, in inches, of an animal and its maximum speed R, in feet per second, when it runs. (For comparison, 10 feet per second is about 6.8 miles per hour.)
Animal | Length
|
Speed
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Deermouse | 3.5 | 8.2 |
Chipmunk | 6.3 | 15.7 |
Desert crested lizard | 9.4 | 24.0 |
Grey squirrel | 9.8 | 24.9 |
Red fox | 24.0 | 65.6 |
Cheetah | 47.0 | 95.1 |
a. Does this table support the generalization that larger animals run faster?
b. Plot the data points.
c. Find the equation of the regression line for
d. Judging on the basis of the plot in part c, which is faster for its size, the red fox or the cheetah?
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