A study of king penguins looked for a relationship between how deep the penguins dive to seek food and how long they stay underw
ater. For all but the shallowest dives, there is a linear relationship that is different for different penguins. The study report gives a scatterplot for one penguin titled, "The relation of dive duration (DD) to depth (D)." Duration DD is measured in minutes, and depth D is in meters. The report then says, "The regression equation for this bird is DD=2.69+0.0138D. (a) What is the slope of the regression line? (Enter your answer rounded to four decimal places.)