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Question 2 Percentages of people who smoke have been recorded for many years. The data set called Smokers (attached below) shows the percentage of people

Question 2 Percentages of people who smoke have been recorded for many years. The data set called Smokers (attached below) shows the percentage of people in the US who smoked in a selection of years between 1965 and 2017.

Year Smokers
1965 41.9
1970 37.4
1974 37.1
1978 34.1
1980 33.2
1983 32.1
1985 30.1
1987 28.8
1990 25.5
1993 25
1995 24.7
1997 24.7
1999 23.5
2001 22.8
2002 22.5
2004 20.9
2006 20.8
2008 20.6
2010 19.3
2012 18.1
2014 16.8
2017 14

(.5 point) Please find the correlation between the percentage of people who smoke and the year.(can use online math app like minitab)

(1.5 points) Please interpret the number in (a)

(1 point) obtain the least squares regression line for using the year to estimate the percentage of people in the US who smoke. Please write down the equation below. If you use x and y, you must describe what you mean by x and y.

(1 point) Please use the line in (c) to estimate the percentage of smokers in the US in the year 2016. Please show your work.

(1 point) Please interpret the slope of the line in (c).

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