An interested student used the method of least squares to fit the straight line = 850.7 + 320.3 x to gross domestic product, y, in real dollars. The results for 26 recent years, x = 1,2,..., 26, appear here. Which assumption(s) for a linear regression model appear to be seriously violated by the data?

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