%0 Journal Article %T Minimizing Squared Vertical and Squared Horizontal Errors %A Donald E. Ramirez %J Mathematics %D 2005 %I arXiv %X The slope of the best fit line from minimizing the sum of both the squared vertical errors and the squared horizontal errors is shown to be the root of a fourth degree polynomial. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0512068v1