A student is assessing the correlation between the number of hours a plant receives sunlight and the height to which it grows. The table below shows the dаta:

Number of hours of sunlight

(x) 0123456789

Height of plant in cm

(y) 471013161922252831

Part A: Is there any correlation between the number of hours of sunlight that a plant receives and the height to which it grows? Justify your answer.

Part B: Write a function which best fits the data.

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Mathematics

Jean Phillips

23 September, 13:56

A student is assessing the correlation between the number of hours a plant receives sunlight and the height to which it grows. The table below shows the dаta:

Number of hours of sunlight

(x) 0123456789

Height of plant in cm

(y) 471013161922252831

Part A: Is there any correlation between the number of hours of sunlight that a plant receives and the height to which it grows? Justify your answer.

Part B: Write a function which best fits the data.

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Kyson Dudley · Answer 1

It is hard to tell with the numbers all run together. But it appears that you have a trend of 3cm per hour of sunlight. So you might want to start with P as your plant value which is 4 cm to start with and it increases 3 cm per hour (t). P+3/t