Given the Following Trend Equation Based on Five Years of Annual

question 68

Multiple Choice

Given the following trend equation based on five years of annual sales (in millions of dollars) ,beginning in 2005: = 4.53 + 1.54t The estimated value for 2008 is ________.

• A)9.15
• B)10.69
• C)12.23
• D)6.07

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Definitions:

Joseph Wolpe

A psychiatrist known for developing systematic desensitization, a behavior therapy method for reducing anxiety through gradual exposure.

Sigmund Freud

A neurologist from Austria who established psychoanalysis as a therapeutic technique for addressing mental disorders through conversational interactions between a psychoanalyst and their patient.

Counterconditioning

A method used in behavioral therapy where a positive reaction is substituted for a negative or undesirable response to a particular stimulus.

Ivan Pavlov

A Russian physiologist known for his research in classical conditioning, demonstrating how animals learn to associate a neutral stimulus with a significant one, leading to a learned response.