SCENARIO 14-5 A Microeconomist Wants to Determine How Corporate Sales Are Influenced

question 75

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 14-5
A microeconomist wants to determine how corporate sales are influenced by capital and wage
spending by companies.She proceeds to randomly select 26 large corporations and record
information in millions of dollars.The Microsoft Excel output below shows results of this multiple
regression.
Introduction to Multiple Regression 14-17
-Referring to Scenario 14-5, what are the predicted sales (in millions of dollars) for a company
Spending $100 million on capital and $100 million on wages?

• A) 15,800.00
• B) 16,520.07
• C) 17,277.49
• D) 20,455.98

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Definitions:

Lemon Crop

The production output of lemons within a particular period.

Consumer Surplus

The differential between the financial amount consumers are willing to allocate for a product or service and the actual payment made.

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A government-imposed minimum price charged on goods and services, set above the equilibrium price to prevent market prices from falling too low.

Consumer Surplus

The discrepancy between consumer willingness to pay a total amount for a product or service and the amount they really do pay.