A farmer wishes to predict the number of tons per acre of crop which will result...

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A farmer wishes to predict the number of tons per acre of crop which will result from a given number of applications of fertilizer. His son, an MBA graduate, collected and recorded the following data: Fertilizer application 1 2 4 5 6 8 10 Tons per acre 2 3 4 7 12 10 7 1. Determine a suitable predicting model. 2. Use a suitable statistic to justify the use of the model. 3. Predict the number of tons per acre from seven fertilizer applications. A farmer wishes to predict the number of tons per acre of crop which will result from a given number of applications of fertilizer. His son, an MBA graduate, collected and recorded the following data: Fertilizer application 1 2 4 5 6 8 10 Tons per acre 2 3 4 7 12 10 7 1. Determine a suitable predicting model. 2. Use a suitable statistic to justify the use of the model. 3. Predict the number of tons per acre from seven fertilizer applications.