A Forester Would Like to Know How Big a Maple

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Essay

A forester would like to know how big a maple tree might be at age 50 years.She gathers data from some trees that have been cut down,and plots the diameters (in inches)of the trees against their ages (in years).First she makes a linear model.The scatterplot and residuals plot are shown.If she uses this model to try to predict the diameter of a 50-year old maple tree,would you expect that estimate to be fairly accurate,too low,or too high? Explain.

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