(a)What is the explanatory variable and the response variable? (b) Find the correlation between boat registrations...

(a)What is the explanatory variable and the response variable?
(b) Find the correlation between boat registrations and manatee deaths. (Round to the hundredths place.)

(d) Find the least squares regression line for these data. (Round all values to the hundredths place.)

(e) Predict how many manatees may die if 792 boats are registered. (Round to the nearest whole number.)

Year	manatees killed	powerboat registration
1995	50	711
1996	47	719
1997	53	716
1998	38	716
1999	35	716
2000	49	735
2001	81	860

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