The time series shown below charts the change in interest rates over a period of years.
A trend line has been fitted to the data as shown. The equation of the trend line is closest to
$\text{rate}=-1.1\times\text{year}$rate=−1.1×year
$\text{rate}=-1.1+17\times\text{year}$rate=−1.1+17×year
$\text{rate}=15.6-1.5\times\text{year}$rate=15.6−1.5×year
$\text{rate}=17-1.1\times\text{year}$rate=17−1.1×year
$\text{rate}=17+1.1\times\text{year}$rate=17+1.1×year
A least squares regression line is fitted to seasonally adjusted data and is given by:
$y=4.5493t+48.9941$y=4.5493t+48.9941