The table gives the number of women and the number of men (both in millions) in the U.S. civilian labor force for selected years from 1950 and projected to 2050.

(a) Let x represent the millions of women and y represent the millions of men and find the linear regression model for y=f (x). Report the model to three significant digits.

(b) Find and interpret the slope of the reported model.

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U.S. Civilian Workforce (in millions): 1950-2050 Women Men Women Men 18.4 43.8 75.5 82.2 23.2 46.4 78.6 84.2 85.4 31.5 51.2 79.3 45.5 61.5 81.6 88.5 56.8 69.0 86.5 94.0 100.3 65.7 75.2 91.5