Thirteen of Minnesota€™s sweet corn€“producing counties were randomly selected, and the following information about their crop was recorded: acres planted (in 100s of acres) and total production in 100s of tons of sweet corn.

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a. Investigate the relationship between the number of acres planted of sweet corn and the total tons of sweet corn produced. Include a scatter diagram, linear correlation coefficient and line of best fit, and a statement about their meaningfulness.
b. If you were advising a Minnesota sweet corn grower based on the preceding information, how many tons of sweet corn, on average, can the grower expect to produce for each acre planted?

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Acres Planted Production Acres Planted Production (100 tons) County (100 acres) 100 tons] County 100 a Waseca Freeborn Martin Dakota Mcleod 20 Redwood70 Dodge 237 553 295 82 178 178 50 69 353 Kandiyohi 37 365 Olmsted 44 Goodhue 45 187 Meeker 122 Nicollet 483 Sherburne 22 245 86 13 26 34 35