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A class of 35 students took two midterm tests. Jack missed the first test and Jill missed the second test. The 33 students who took both tests scored an average of 75 points on the first test, with a standard deviation of 10 points, and an average of 64 points on the second test, with a standard deviation of 12 points. The scatter diagram of their scores is roughly ellipsoidal, with a correlation coefficient of r = 0.5. Because Jack and Jill each missed one of the tests, their professor needs to guess how each would have performed on the missing test in order to compute their semester grades. Jill scored 80 points on Test 1. She suggests that her missing score on Test 2 be replaced with her score on Test 1, 80 points. What do you think of this suggestion? What score would you advise the professor to assign? Jack scored 76 points on Test 2, precisely one standard deviation above the Test 2 mean. He suggests that his missing score on Test 1 be replaced with a score of 85 points, precisely one standard deviation above the Test 1 mean. What do you think of this suggestion? What score would you advise the professor to assign?