A Botanist Collected Data from an Experiment on the Amount

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Essay

A botanist collected data from an experiment on the amount of oxygen released by a plant given different amounts of an experimental fertilizer.He graphs the data with grams of fertilizer given in a day on the x-axis and milliliters of oxygen produced in a day on the y-axis.His data points are: (1,0.02),(3,0.02),(5,0.02),
(7,0.02).Find an equation for the line which fits this data and interpret its meaning.

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