The Following Table Shows the Annual Revenues (In Millions of Dollars)of

question 40

Multiple Choice

The following table shows the annual revenues (in millions of dollars) of a pharmaceutical company over the period 1990-2011. The Excel scatterplot shown 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. When all four trend regression equations are compared,which of them provides the best fit?

• A) Linear
• B) Exponential
• C) Quadratic
• D) Cubic

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Definitions:

Pricing Power

The ability of a company or an entity to dictate the price of its goods or services without losing market share to competitors.

Elasticities of Demand

Refers to various measures of how the quantity demanded of a good responds to changes in prices, income, or other goods' prices.

Segregate Market

The practice of dividing or separating markets into sections or categories based on consumer demographics, behaviors, or other characteristics.

Price Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in its price, with elasticity referring to the degree of responsiveness.