An MBA Admissions Officer Wishes to Predict an MBA Applicant's

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Multiple Choice

An MBA admissions officer wishes to predict an MBA applicant's grade point average (GPA) for the MBA program on the basis of the applicant's score on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) and their undergraduate GPA (UGPA) . The admissions officer used a random sample of previously admitted applicants to build a regression tree that can be used to predict the MBA GPAs of future MBA students. Below is the final regression tree. Based on this regression tree, how many of the admitted applicants in the sample had a GMAT score of less than 650?

• A) 96
• B) 453
• C) 507
• D) 549
• E) There is insufficient information to determine the answer.

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