Read the following description of a data set.
Debbie is the most popular actor in Webster County. Employees at the Webster Census Bureau notice that Debbie is also the most popular name in the county. They wonder how Debbie's success as an actor is related to the number of children with that name.
For the past few years, the employees noted the number of plays starring Debbie, x, and the number of newborn babies that have been named Debbie in Webster County, y.
The least squares regression line of this data set is:
y=113.998x–389.405
Complete the following sentence:
For each additional play starring Debbie in a year, the least squares regression line predicts an increase of
newborn babies named Debbie that year.
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For each additional play starring Debbie in a year, the least squares regression line predicts an increase of 113.998 newborn babies named Debbie that year.
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