It is desired to build a regression model to predict y = the sales price of a single family home, based on the x
1 = size of the house and x
2 = the neighborhood the home is located in. The goal is to compare the prices of homes that are located in two different neighborhoods. The following model is proposed:
E(y) = β
0 + β
1x
1 + β
2x
2A regression model was fit and the following residual plot was observed.

Which of the following assumptions appears violated based on this plot?
◦ The mean of the errors is zero
◦ The errors are normally distributed
◦ The variance of the errors is constant
◦ The errors are independent