First to answer correctly get brainleist! 1 the equation of the linear regression line represents the relationship between the number of laps a person can swim, x, and the number of minutes a person can run, y. yˆ=5/2x+6 what does the slope of the line represent? for every 5 laps that a person can swim, the number of minutes they can run decreases by 2. for every 2 laps that a person can swim, the number of minutes they can run decreases by 5. for every 2 laps that a person can swim, the number of minutes they can run increases by 5. for every 5 laps that a person can swim, the number of minutes they can run increases by 2.