3. Born to get old? Is there a relationship between the gestational period (time from conception to birth of am
animal and its average life spam? The figure shows a
scatterplot of the gestational period and average le spam
for 43 species of animals
R.
Life span (years)
8
20
3
Gestation days)
A. Point A is the hippopotamus. Describe the effect this
point will have on the equation of the least squares
regression line
B Point B is the Asian elephant. Describe the effect this
point will have on the equation of the least squares
regression line