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a random sample of records of electricity usage of homes gives the amount of electricity used in july and size (in square feet) of 135 homes. a regression analysis was performed to predict the amount of electricity used (in kilowatt-hours) based on size. looking at the scatterplot, a linear model is appropriate. do you think the slope will be positive or negative? why?