Scientists measured the annual forest loss (in square kilometers) in a country from 2000 to 2012. They found the regression line forest loss 7600 (1021 x year since 2000) for predicting forest loss in square kilometers from years since 2000 (a) What is the slope of this line? km2 1021 Say in words what the numerical value of the slope tells you O For each year since 2000, forest loss averages about 7600 km2 o For each year since 2000, forest loss averages about 1021 km2 For each year since 2012, forest loss averages about 1021 km2 O For each year since 2000, forest loss averages about 1.021 km2. O For each year since 2012, forest loss averages about 7600 km2. (b) If we measured forest loss in square meters per year, what would the slope be? Note that there are 106 square meters in a square kilometer. m2 (c) If we measured forest loss in thousands of square kilometers per year, what would the slope be? (Enter your answer to three decimal places.) thousands of km2

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