Exhibit 11.10 The Following Questions Use the Data Below

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Multiple Choice

Exhibit 11.10
The following questions use the data below.
Joe's Sporting Goods wants to forecast quarterly sales figures using a quadratic trend model. The store has collected 12 quarters of data and needs your help to analyze the data. The relevant regression output is in the following table.
-Refer to Exhibit 11.10. What are predicted sales for the fourth quarter of year 4?

• A) 1170 ≤ predicted sales < 1175
• B) 1310 ≤ predicted sales < 1315
• C) 1460 ≤ predicted sales < 1465
• D) 1615 ≤ predicted sales < 1620

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