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What information is sufficient to calculate the slope for the best fitting regression line?

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Final answer:

The information sufficient to calculate the slope for the best fitting regression line includes the x-coordinates and y-coordinates of the data points.

Step-by-step explanation:

The information sufficient to calculate the slope for the best fitting regression line includes:

  1. The x-coordinates (independent variable) of the data points
  2. The y-coordinates (dependent variable) of the data points

Using these coordinates, you can use a statistical process called regression to calculate the slope of the best-fit line.

The slope represents how the dependent variable changes for every one unit increase in the independent variable, on average.

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