Refer to the Information Provided in Table 22 The Data in the Table Was Used to Estimate the Answer

question 48

Multiple Choice

Refer to the information provided in Table 22.3 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Table 22.3
$$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Point } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Aggregate } \\\text { Income } ( \boldsymbol { Y } ) \end{array} & \begin{array} { l } \text { Aggregate } \\\text { Consumption } ( \boldsymbol { C } ) \end{array} \\\hline \boldsymbol { A } & 15 & 19 \\\hline \boldsymbol { B } & 30 & 23 \\\hline C & 45 & 27 \\\hline D & 60 & 31 \\\hline E & 75 & 35 \\\hline F & 90 & 39 \\\hline\end{array}$$ The data in the table was used to estimate the following consumption function: C = 20 + 0.2Y
-Refer to Table 22.3. The error for point C is equal to

• A) -2.
• B) 0.
• C) +2.
• D) +4.

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