An environmentalist wants to determine the relationships between the numbers in thousands) of forest fires over the year and the number (in hundred thousands) of acres burned. The data for 8 recent years are shown. 69 58 62 Number of fires x Number of acres burned y 72 62 47 26 84 51 57 30 45 15 42 19 15 (1). Compute the value of the correlation coefficient. (11). Find the equation of the regression line. An environmentalist wants to determine the relationships between the numbers (in thousands) of forest fires over the year and the number in hundred thousands) of acres burned. The data for 8 recent years are shown. 58 84 45 Number of fires x Number of acres burned y 72 62 69 42 47 26 62 15 57 30 19 51 15 1). Compute the value of the correlation coefficient. (1). Find the equation of the regression line.