Exhibit 18

question 14

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 18.3.The following table shows the annual revenues (in millions of dollars) of a pharmaceutical company over the period 1990-2011. Excel scatterplot shown above indicates that the annual revenues have an increasing trend.Therefore,linear,exponential,quadratic and cubic models were used to fit the trend,and the following relevant information became available after applying linear regression. Refer to Exhibit 18.3.Using the linear trend equation,one can say that the predicted revenue increases by

• A)642,792,000 a year.
• B)$604,930,000 a year.
• C)$60,493,000 a year.
• D)$6,049,300 a year.

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Definitions:

Radial Vein

A vein that accompanies the radial artery and drains blood from the lateral portion of the forearm.

Forelimb

The front limbs of an animal that in humans refer to the arms, including structures from the shoulder to the fingers.

Saphenous Vein

A large vein running along the length of the leg, commonly used for grafts in coronary artery bypass surgery.

Brachiocephalic Vein

A large vein in the upper chest that transports deoxygenated blood from the upper limbs, neck, and head to the heart.