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Two Variables · Challenge problem

Points (1,3)(1, 3), (2,4)(2, 4), (4,8)(4, 8), (5,9)(5, 9) have least-squares line y^=1.2+1.6x\hat y = 1.2 + 1.6x. A new point (12,20.4)(12, 20.4), lying exactly on this line, is added. What happens to the slope of the least-squares line?