Table 11.40 gives the development time (in days) for eggs

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Table 11.40 gives the development time (in days) for eggs of the pea weevil (Bruchus pisorum) at temperature ( C).29 (a) Plot these data and fit a power function. (b) Ecologists define the development rate = 1 where is the development time. Plot against , and fit a linear function. (c) At a certain temperature, the value of drops to 0 and pea weevil eggs will not develop. What is this tem-perature according to the model from part (a)? Part (b)? Which models prediction do you think is more reasonable? Table 11.40 , C 10.7 14.4 16.2 18.1 21.4 23.7 24.7 26.9 , days 38.0 19.5 15.6 9.6 9.5 7.3 4.5 4.5

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