A large national bank charges local companies for using its services. A bank official reported the results of a regression analysis designed to predict the bankʹs charges (y) , measured in dollars per
Month, for services rendered to local companies. One independent variable used to predict the
Service charge to a company is the companyʹs sales revenue (x) , measured in $ million. Data for 21
Companies who use the bankʹs services were used to fit the model
The results of the simple linear regression are provided below.
Interpret the estimate of , the -intercept of the line.
A) All companies will be charged at least by the bank.
B) For every million increase in sales revenue, we expect a service charge to increase .
C) About of the observed service charges fall within of the least squares line.
D) There is no practical interpretation since a sales revenue of is a nonsensical value.
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