The management of a manufacturing company submitted the accompanying data in its annual stockholders report. The table shows the net sales (in millions of dollars) during the 5 years that have elapsed since the new management team took over:





(The first year the firm operated under the new management corresponds to the time period x = 1, and the four subsequent

years correspond to x = 2, 3, 4, and 5.)



Use the least-squares line to predict the net sales for the upcoming year.



a. $479.6 million

b. $483.0 million

c. $477.9 million

d. $484.7 million

e. $481.3 million


a. $479.6 million

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