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Two Variables · Superchallenge problem

The four points (1,1)(1, 1), (2,2)(2, 2), (3,3)(3, 3), (4,4)(4, 4) lie on a line of slope 11. A fifth point (k,0)(k, 0) is added. For what value of kk does the least-squares line of the five points have slope exactly 00?