An Real Estate Analyst Believes That the Three Main Factors

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An real estate analyst believes that the three main factors that influence an apartment's rent in a college town are the number of bedrooms,the number of bathrooms,and the apartment's square footage.For 40 apartments,she collects data on the rent (y,in $) ,the number of bedrooms (x₁) ,the number of bathrooms (x₂) ,and its square footage (x₃) .She estimates the following model as Rent = β₀ + β₁ Bedroom + β₂ Bath + β₃ Sqft + ε.The following ANOVA table shows a portion of the regression results. The slope coefficient attached to Bedroom indicates that,holding other explanatory variables constant,____________.

A) an additional bedroom increases rent,on average,by $226
B) an additional bedroom increases rent,on average,by $526
C) an additional $226 in rent will lead to an additional bedroom
D) an additional $526 in rent will lead to an additional bedroom