Use the following information to answer the question. The following linear regression model can be used to predict ticket sales at a popular water park.
Ticket sales per hour = - 631.25 + 11.25(current temperature in °F)
-Choose the statement that best states the meaning of the slope in this context.
A)The slope tells us that if ticket sales are decreasing there must have been a drop in temperature.
B)The slope tells us that high temperatures are causing more people to buy tickets to the water park.
C)The slope tells us that a one degree increase in temperature is associated with an average increase in ticket sales of 11.25 tickets.
D)None of these

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The slope of 11.25 indicates that for each one degree increase in temperature, ticket sales increase by an average of 11.25 tickets per hour.

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