The Following Scatterplot Shows Productivity and Number Hired Workers with a Fitted

question 117

Multiple Choice

The following scatterplot shows productivity and number hired workers with a fitted quadratic regression model. Assuming that the number of hired workers must be integer, how many workers should be hired to achieve the highest productivity according to the model?

• A) 26
• B) 28
• C) 30
• D) 32

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