Recall that a farmer has a herd of cattle with an average weight of 1,000 pounds. He bred a group of his heaviest cattle, which have an average weight of 1,800 pounds. The offspring had an average weight of 1,700 pounds.

Calculate the heritability for this trait, and explain whether the trait is highly heritable.

Use a calculator to verify that σ(x) = 62, σ(x2) = 1034, σ(y) = 644, σ(y2) = 93,438, and σ(x y) = 9,622. compute r. (enter a number. round your answer to three decimal places.) as x increases from 3 to 22 months, does the value of r imply that y should tend to increase or decrease? explain your answer. given our value of r, y should tend to increase as x increases. given our value of r, we can not draw any conclusions for the behavior of y as x increases. given our value of r, y should tend to remain constant as x increases. given our value of r, y should tend to decrease as x increases.