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a) Make a scatter plot in the space above and confirm that the relationship does not appear to be linear

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a) Make a scatter plot in the space above and confirm that the relationship does not appear to be linear. b) Based on the ladder of transformations come up with a few possible transformations and test them out by: Visually inspecting the transformed scatter plot Looking at the residual plots of the LSRL of the transformed data Comparing the correlation coefficients of the various choices c) Write out the transformed regression equation. d) An animal was found to have a left ventricle cavity of length 10cm. What would be your projected weight for the animal's heart? e) Would it make sense to try to predict the weight of a heart using our equation if the length of the ventricle is 20cm? Why?