An engineer wants to determine the spring constant for a particular spring. She hangs various weights on one end of the spring and measures the length of the spring each time. A scatterplot of length (y) versus load (x) is depicted in the following figure. Inad a Is the model y = P, +B, x an empirical model or a physical law? b. Should she transform the variables to try to make the relationship more linear, or would it be better to redo the experiment? Explain.

An engineer wants to determine the spring constant for a particular spring. She hangs various weights on one end of the spring and measures the length of the spring each time. A scatterplot of length (y) versus load (x) is depicted in the following figure. Inad a Is the model y = P, +B, x an empirical model or a physical law? b. Should she transform the variables to try to make the relationship more linear, or would it be better to redo the experiment? Explain.

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