In the graph at right are data that a corn farmer collected over two growing seasons In the first season the farmer measured the

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In the graph at right are data that a corn farmer collected over two growing seasons In the first season the farmer measured the oil content of corn kernels seeds harvested from many of his corn plants He also carefully controlled the pollination of each plant so that he knew both the father and mother of the seeds produced in the first growing season The farmer used the oil content measurements from this first season to calculate MidParent Oil Contents the x axis in the graph Offspring Oil Content 20 19 5 19 18 5 18 17 5 17 16 5 16 16 16 5 17 17 5 18 18 5 19 19 5 20 MidParent Oil Content In the second season the farmer planted the seeds with known parents and measured 1 the oil content of corn kernels harvested from these offspring plants the y axis in the graph The orange line in the graph illustrates the best fit relationship between offspring and midparent oil contents In the 3rd growing season the farmer planted only seeds with high MidParent Oil Content so that the average Midparent Oil Content of the seeds he planted was 19 Use this Offspring Oil Content in the 3rd growing season

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