A regression equation for this line is y = -0.42x + 19.26 a. What do the slope and y-intercept indicate? The slope indicates that the percent in 1985 should have been about 19%. The y-intercept indicates that the percent is falling at about 0.4% each year. b. The slope indicates that the percent is falling at about 0.4% each year. The y-intercept indicates the percent in 1985 should have been about 19%. The slope indicates tha the percent has remained the same for each year. The y-intercept indicates the percent in 1985 should have been 22%. d. There is not enough information to determine what the slope and y-intercept indicate.

B.The slope indicates that the percent is falling at about 0.4% each year. The y-intercept indicates the percent in 1985 should have been about 19%.

Step-by-step explanation:

A regression equation is it this form:

Y' = b0 + b1X

I am going to identify the slope and intercept in this equation to help us go further in our solution.

b1X is the slope. The slope usually has an x value multiplied to it

b0 is the intercept.

Back to our question, the equation in this question is

Y = -0.42X + 19.26

The slope is -0.42X.

The y intercept is 19.26

The slope has a negative sign, this shows us that the percentage is falling by about 0.4% every year while an intercept of 19.26 tells us that percentage in 1985 should have been about 19%.

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