Animals often play an important role in the transportation of plant seeds. A 2014 study by Baldwin and Whitehead investigated

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Animals often play an important role in the transportation of plant seeds. A 2014 study by Baldwin and Whitehead
investigated the role played by fruit bats in seed transportation. The data provided give the weight in grams and length in
inches of the fruit bats from this study.
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Suppose Baldwin and Whitehead want to construct a linear model to predict the length of the wingspan of a fruit bat (in
inches) from the bat's weight (in pounds). Calculate the y-intercept and slope of the least-squares regression line using weight
to predict length. Give your answers precise to three decimal places.
y-intercept:
in
slope:

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