Instruction 13-1
a Manager of a Product Sales Group Believes

Multiple Choice

Instruction 13-1
A manager of a product sales group believes the number of sales made by an employee (Y) depends on how many years that employee has been with the company (X₁) and how he/she scored on a business aptitude test (X₂) .A random sample of 8 employees provides the following:
$$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | } \hline \text { Employee } & \text { Y } & \text { XI } & \text { X2 } \\\hline 1 & 100 & 10 & 7 \\\hline 2 & 90 & 3 & 10 \\\hline 3 & 80 & 8 & 9 \\\hline 4 & 70 & 5 & 4 \\\hline 5 & 60 & 5 & 8 \\\hline 6 & 50 & 7 & 5 \\\hline 7 & 40 & 1 & 4 \\\hline 8 & 30 & 1 & 1 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Referring to Instruction 13-1,if an employee who had been with the company five years scored a 9 on the aptitude test,what would his estimated expected sales be?

A) 60.88
B) 17.98
C) 55.62
D) 79.09