Provide an appropriate response.The temperatures on randomly chosen days during the summer in one city and the number of employee absences on those days for a company located in the same city are recorded. The best-fit line for the data is found to be Number of Absences = 0.449(Temperature) - 30.27. Determine the absences residual if the temperature is 85° and 7 employees are absent.

A. 14.895
B. -0.895
C. 7.895
D. 112.127


Answer: B

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