A Small Independent Organic Food Store Offers a Variety of Specialty

A small independent organic food store offers a variety of specialty coffees. To determine whether price has an impact on sales, the managers kept track of how many
Pounds of each variety of coffee were sold last month. $$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | } \hline & \text { PRICE PER POUND } & \text { POUNDS SOLD } \\\hline & \$ 3.99 & 75 \\\hline & \$ 5.99 & 60 \\\hline & \$ 7.00 & 65 \\\hline & \$ 12.00 & 45 \\\hline & \$ 4.50 & 80 \\\hline & \$ 7.50 & 70 \\\hline & \$ 15.00 & 25 \\\hline & \$ 10.00 & 35 \\\hline & \$ 12.50 & 40 \\\hline & \$ 8.99 & 50 \\\hline \text { Mean } & & \\\hline \text { Correlation } & \$ 8.75 & 54.50 \\\hline\end{array}$$ Based on the data and summary statistics shown below, the slope of the estimated
Regression line that relates the response variable (monthly sales) to the predictor variable
(price per pound) is

A) 95. 459.
B) .858.
C) -4.681.
D) -.858.
E) -8.999.