Exhibit 14-9

question 29

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 14-9.When estimating ,the following regression results were obtained. Refer to Exhibit 14-9.What is the coefficient of determination?

• A)0.07
• B)0.10
• C)0.90
• D)0.93

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Definitions:

Shear Zone

A region of the Earth's crust where rocks have been subjected to differential stress causing them to deform via shearing.

Pluton

A body of intrusive igneous rock that crystallized from magma cooling below the Earth's surface; can range in size from small to massive.

Terranes

Pieces of the Earth's crust that have distinct geological histories and have been merged onto a continent along a plate boundary.

Accretionary Prism

A wedge-shaped mass of sediment and rock scraped off the top of a downgoing tectonic plate at a convergent plate boundary.