Thane Company Is Interested in Establishing the Relationship Between Electricity

question 37

Multiple Choice

Thane Company is interested in establishing the relationship between electricity costs and machine hours.Data have been collected and a regression analysis prepared using Excel.The monthly data and the regression output follow: $$\begin{array} { | l | r | r | } \hline \text { Month } & \text { Machine Hours } & \text { Electricity Costs } \\\hline \text { January } & 2,500 & 18,400 \\\hline \text { February } & 2,900 & 21,000 \\\hline \text { March } & 1,900 & 13,500 \\\hline \text { April } & 3,100 & 23,000 \\\hline \text { May } & 3,800 & 28,250 \\\hline \text { June } & 3,300 & 22,000 \\\hline \text { Juby } & 4,100 & 24,750 \\\hline \text { August } & 3,500 & 22,750 \\\hline \text { September } & 2,000 & 15,500 \\\hline \text { October } & 3,700 & 26,000 \\\hline \text { November } & 4,700 & 31,000 \\\hline \text { December } & 4,200 & 27,750 \\\hline\end{array}$$

Based on the results of the regression analysis,the estimate of electricity costs in a month with 2,200 machine hours would be: (rounded to the nearest whole dollar)

• A) $3,727.
• B) $16,421.
• C) $15,180.
• D) $22,825.

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