SCENARIO 18-2 One of the Most Common Questions of Prospective House Buyers

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SCENARIO 18-2
One of the most common questions of prospective house buyers pertains to the cost of heating in dollars (Y) . To provide its customers with information on that matter, a large real estate firm used the following 4 variables to predict heating costs: the daily minimum outside temperature in degrees of Fahrenheit ( X₁ ) , the amount of insulation in inches ( X ₂ ) , the number of windows in the house ( X₃ ) , and the age of the furnace in years ( X ₄ ) . Given below are the EXCEL outputs of two regression models.


-Referring to Scenario 18-1,what minimum annual income would an individual with a family size of 9 and 10 years of education need to attain a predicted 5,000 square foot home (House = 50) ?

• A)$44.14 thousand
• B)$56.75 thousand
• C)$178.33 thousand
• D)$211.85 thousand

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