Vicente Management Is Trying to Identify a Linear Relationship That

question 33

Multiple Choice

Vicente Management is trying to identify a linear relationship that can be used to estimate the heating costs for its commercial properties.Below is a table showing heating costs and floor area for a sample of five buildings in the area. The slope of the least squares line is 2.2.The intercept is 182.Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of E(y₂₀₀) , the expected heating cost for the set of all buildings that have 200,000 square feet of floor space.Report the upper bound for the interval.

• A)754.3
• B)836.5
• C)678.1
• D)792.8
• E)906.9

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Parasympathetic Nervous System

A division of the autonomic nervous system responsible for rest and digestion, counterbalancing the sympathetic nervous system.

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Endocrine System

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