Compute the standard error of the estimate for Exercise 14 in Section 10€“1. The regression line equation was found in Exercise 14 in Section 10€“2.
An environmentalist wants to determine the relationships between the numbers (in thousands) of forest fires over the year and the number (in hundred thousands) of acres burned. The data for 8 recent years are shown. Describe the relationship.
Number of fires and number of acres burned are as follows:

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Fires x 72 69 58 47 84 62 57 45 62 41 19 26 5 5 30 15