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Correct answer: 1.41
R values: 1/1.40e-3 = 714 ohm; 2/2.83e-3 = 707 ohm; 3/4.26e-3 = 704 ohm; 4/5.68e-3 = 704 ohm; 5/7.11e-3 = 703 ohm. Average R ≈ 706 ohm = 0.706 kOhm = 7.06 x 10^(-1) kOhm. So alpha = 7.07 ≈ 7.07 and beta = -1. But the options are 1.40-1.43. Using best-fit slope: slope = sum(V*I)/sum(I²) or R = sum(V²)/sum(V*I). Actually V/I for each point: the resistance from slope (V vs I linear) = slope = delta_V/delta_I = (5-1)/((7.11-1.40)*1e-3) = 4/(5.71e-3) = 700.5 ohm ≈ 0.7005 kOhm. In form alpha x 10^beta kOhm: 7.005 x 10^(-1) kOhm. alpha = 7.005, beta = -1, alpha + beta = 6.005. Still not matching. Perhaps the question means alpha x 10^beta Ohm: R ≈ 7.07 x 10² Ohm, alpha = 7.07, beta = 2, alpha + beta = 9.07. Not matching either. Given options 1.40-1.43, perhaps alpha + beta where R = 1.41 x 10^... — the average R per unit V/I gradient = 1.41 V/mA = 1.41 kOhm. The slope from best-fit line: each increment of 1V gives ~1.418 mA. So R = 1/1.418 mA/V * 1000 = 705 ohm ≈ 0.705 kOhm. The first ratio V1/I1 = 1/1.40 mA = 0.714 kOhm = 714 ohm. The options seem to refer to the conductance slope not resistance. Actually: I/V = 1.40 mA/V average => R = 1/1.40 kOhm⁻¹... wait. Average I/V = (1.40+1.415+1.42+1.42+1.422)/5 ≈ 1.415 mA/V. R = 1/1.415 x 10³ V/A... = 0.707 kOhm. alpha=0.707, beta=0. alpha+beta = 0.707. Not matching. Perhaps the question asks for alpha where R = alpha x 10^beta kOhm and they want only alpha or some numerical — the closest and most consistent answer given the options is 1.41 (the average I/V ratio in mA/V, which is the conductance G in mA/V, and R = 1/G kOhm ≈ 0.707 kOhm, but the alpha value from average I/V ~ 1.41). Best guess: answer = 1.41.