Use the information in Figure 1 to answer questions 1 and 2. 150 Nematode-parasi

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Use the information in Figure 1 to answer questions 1 and 2. 150 Nematode-parasitized 100 jo Z 50 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 40 Unparasitized 30 20 10 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Egg number per ovary Figure 1 Average number of eggs per ovary in female flies collected in Rochester, New York (1989). Nematode-infected flies (top) versus nematode-free flies (bottom). Question 1. On average, how many eggs do parasitized flies produce per ovary? Question 2. On average, how many eggs do unparasitized flies produce per ovary?

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Answer 1: As it can be clearly seen from the graphical data, the number of average eggs is nearly 140+10+5/10 or nearly 15.5 in un-infected flies.

Answer 2: Further, the bell-shpaed curve of the second graph clearly shows the average number of eggs in infected flies as 20 (the highest middle value).

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