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The data below are the temperatures on randomly chosen days during a summer class and the number ofabsences on those days.  Temperature, x7285919088987510080 Number of absences, y3710108154155\begin{array} { l | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \text { Temperature, } x & 72 & 85 & 91 & 90 & 88 & 98 & 75 & 100 & 80 \\\hline \text { Number of absences, } \mathrm { y } & 3 & 7 & 10 & 10 & 8 & 15 & 4 & 15 & 5\end{array}
 The data below are the temperatures on randomly chosen days during a summer class and the number ofabsences on those days.  \begin{array} { l | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | }  \text { Temperature, } x & 72 & 85 & 91 & 90 & 88 & 98 & 75 & 100 & 80 \\ \hline \text { Number of absences, } \mathrm { y } & 3 & 7 & 10 & 10 & 8 & 15 & 4 & 15 & 5 \end{array}


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