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Several years ago, the wild rabbits of Australia were seriously threatened by a virus that was accidentally released into their population. Suppose that the following table gives the number rr of rabbits (in millions) remaining tt months after the release of the virus.
t (months) 2468101214161820r (millions) 19401842164913281140898765502296104\begin{array}{ccccccccccc}t \text { (months) } & 2 & 4 & 6 & 8 & 10 & 12 & 14 & 16 & 18 & 20 \\r \text { (millions) } & 1940 & 1842 & 1649 & 1328 & 1140 & 898 & 765 & 502 & 296 & 104\end{array}
Find the linear regression line for this data. Round to 3 decimal places.

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