Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

question 173

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
-The data below are the number of absences and the salaries (in thousands of dollars) of 9 randomly selected employees from an engineering firm. What is the best predicted value for $y$ given $x = 4$ ?

• A) 85
• B) 86
• C) 87
• D) 84

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Definitions:

Recessive Trait

A genetic trait that is expressed only when two copies of the gene are present, one from each parent.

Wing Phenotypes

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Genetic Locus

A precise, set location on a chromosome that is the site of a specific gene or genetic marker.

Genetic Recombination

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