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Jude researched the prices of several different models of cell phones and made a scatter plot of his data. The equation of the line of best fit for Jude’s data is p = -2.76t + 99.05 , where p is the price of the phone and t is the number of months that the phone has been available. What is the real-world meaning of the slope of this line?

a:A phone’s price increases by about $2.76 each month that it is available.
b:The original price of each phone was $2.76.
c:A phone’s price decreases by about $2.76 each month that it is available.
d:The original price of each phone was $99.05.

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Answer:$4.76 each month

Explanation:

A phone's price decreases by about $4.76 each month that it is available.

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