An owner of a large number of car dealerships is concerned that salespeople's time using technology (cell phones and computers) for personal use during work hours is negatively affecting car sales. The owner collected data for 54 randomly selected salespeople. The scatterplot for the linear regression analysis predicting mean unit sales per week from mean time using technology for personal use during work hours, in minutes per day, is shown.(含图)
Assuming the conditions for inference have been met, a 95 percent confidence interval for the slope of the population regression line was found to be $$(-0.0525, -0.0124)$$.
Which of the following conclusions is supported by the interval?