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Use the following information for following questions .
Data were recorded for 117 months on a household's gas bill (in dollars) and the average monthly temperatures for its neighborhood. The mean monthly temperature was 48.7° F with a standard deviation of 20.6. The mean gas bill price was $81.20 with a standard deviation of 66.5. The correlation coefficient between monthly temperature and gas bill price is −0.92.
-Determine which is the correct calculation of the intercept for the linear model that predicts gas bill price from monthly temperature.

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Natural Selection

The process through which species survive and evolve, in which individuals with phenotypes that are more adaptive to the environmental conditions survive and reproduce with greater success than do individuals with phenotypes that are less adaptive.

Charles Darwin

An English naturalist, geologist, and biologist best known for his contributions to the science of evolution.

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