Forest fires and Acres burned - An environmentalist wants to determine the relat

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Forest fires and Acres burned - An environmentalist wants to determine the relationships between the numbers (in thousands) of forest fires over the year and the number (in hundred thousands) of acres burned. The data for 8 recent years are shown. Describe the relationship. number of fires x - 72 69 58 47 84 62 57 45 ________________________________________________ number of acres burned y -      62 42 19 26 51 15 30 15 Forest fires and Acres burned - An environmentalist wants to determine the relationships between the numbers (in thousands) of forest fires over the year and the number (in hundred thousands) of acres burned. The data for 8 recent years are shown. Describe the relationship. number of fires x - 72 69 58 47 84 62 57 45 ________________________________________________ number of acres burned y -      62 42 19 26 51 15 30 15

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the relation ship between and y is:- ( y - 62) = (( 62 - 42)/( 72 - 69)) x( x - 72) so this gives, 3y - 186 = 10 x - 720 so , we have 3y - 10x + 534 = 0

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