The article Effect of Environmental Factors on Steel Plate Corrosion Under Marine Immersion Conditions (C. Soares. Y. Garbatov, and A. Zayed, Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology, 2011 :524? 541 ) describes an experiment in which nine steel specimens were submerged in seawater at various temperatures, and the corrosion rates were measured. The result are presented in the following table (obtained by digitizing a graph).

Temperature (C) Corrosion (mm/y)
26.6 1.58
26.0 1.45
27.4 1.13
21.7 0.96
14.9 0.99
11.3 1.05
15.0 0.82

a. Construct a scatterplot of corrosion (y) versus temperature (x). Verify that a linear model is appropriate.
b. Compute the least-squares line for predicting corrosion from temperature.
c. Two steel specimens whose temperatures differ by 10◦ C are submerged in seawater. By how much would you predict their corrosion rates to differ?
d. Predict the corrosion rate for steel submerged in seawater at a temperature of 20◦ C.

High school seniors with strong academic records apply to the nation’s most selective colleges in greater numbers each year. because the number of slots remains relatively stable, some colleges reject more early applicants. suppose that for a recent admissions class, an ivy league college received 2851 applications for early admission. of this group, it admitted 1033 students early, rejected 854 outright, and deferred 964 to the regular admission pool for further consideration. in the past, this school has admitted 18% of the deferred early admission applicants during the regular admission process. counting the students admitted early and the students admitted during the regular admission process, the total class size was 2375. let e, r, and d represent the events that a student who applies for early admission is admitted early, rejected outright, or deferred to the regular admissions pool.suppose a student applies for early admission. what is the probability that the student will be admitted for early admission or be deferred and later admitted during the regular admission process?