Conduct Inference on the Slope
-The Data Below Are the Ages

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Conduct Inference on the Slope
-The data below are the ages and systolic blood pressures (measured in millimeters of mercury) of 9 randomly selected adults. Test the claim, at the $\alpha = 0.01$ level of significance, that a linear relation exists between the two variables, given that $\mathrm { y } = 1.488 \mathrm { x } + 60.46$

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