SCENARIO 14-1 A Manager of a Product Sales Group Believes the Number

question 142

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 14-1
A manager of a product sales group believes the number of sales made by an employee (Y) depends on how many years that employee has been with the company (X₁) and how he/she scored on a business aptitude test (X₂) .A random sample of 8 employees provides the following:

-Referring to Scenario 14-1,if an employee who had been with the company 5 years scored a 9 on the aptitude test,what would his estimated expected sales be?

• A)79.09
• B)60.88
• C)55.62
• D)17.98

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