document.write( "Question 220649: The table shows the number of active red-cockaded woodpecker clusters in a part of the De Soto National Forest in Mississippi. Write an equation that models the number of active clusters as a function of the number of years since 1990\r
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Write an equation that models the number of active clusters as a function of the number of years since 1990
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\n" ); document.write( "Active clusters 20 28 34 40 42 48 52 56 63
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\n" ); document.write( "I paired 2 with 20, 3 with 28, etc
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\n" ); document.write( "I ran a linear regression program on the data and got the following:
\n" ); document.write( "y = 5x + 12.56
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\n" ); document.write( "You might also run a quadratic and/or a cubit regression program
\n" ); document.write( "on the data to see what they look like.
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