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An article on the cost of housing in Califomia that appeared in the San Luis Obispo Tribune (March 30, 2001) included the following statement: “In Northern California, people from the San Francisco Bay area pushed into the Central Valley, benefiting from home prices that dropped on average $4000 for every mile traveled east of the Bay area.” If this statement is correct, what is the slope of the leastsquares line, ŷ = a + bx, where y = House price (in dollars) and x = Distance east of the Bay (in miles)? Explain.
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