Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 49

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions
Figure: Sales and Advertising
-(Figure: Sales and Advertising) The graph shows the advertising expenditures and the resulting sales (in bottles) of a new caffeinated beverage called Jump.If consumer tastes change in the region where Jump is marketed and base sales increase by 1,500 bottles,what is the equation of the "shifted" line?

• A) Sales = 1,500 + 2 · Advertising
• B) Sales = 4,500 + 2 · Advertising
• C) Sales = 3,000 + 1,502 · Advertising
• D) Sales = 3,000 + 2 · Advertising

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