Thirty Employed Single Individuals Were Randomly Selected to Examine the Relationship

question 40

Short Answer

Thirty employed single individuals were randomly selected to examine the relationship between their age (Age) and their credit card debt (Debt) expressed as a percentage of their annual income. Three polynomial models were applied and the following table summarizes Excel's regression results. Using the quadratic regression equation, find the age of an employed single person with the highest predicted percentage debt.

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