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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