SCENARIO 13-2
a Candy Bar Manufacturer Is Interested in Trying

SCENARIO 13-2
A candy bar manufacturer is interested in trying to estimate how sales are influenced by the price of
their product. To do this, the company randomly chooses 6 small cities and offers the candy bar at
different prices. Using candy bar sales as the dependent variable, the company will conduct a simple
linear regression on the data below: $\begin{array}{ccc}\underline{\text { City }} &\underline{ \text { Price (\$) }} &\underline{\text { Sales }}\\\text { River Falls } & 1.30 & 100 \\\text { Hudson } & 1.60 & 90 \\\text { Ellsworth } & 1.80 & 90 \\\text { Prescott } & 2.00 & 40 \\\text { Rock Elm } & 2.40 & 38 \\\text { Stillwater } & 2.90 & 32\end{array}$

-Referring to Scenario 13-2, what is $\Sigma ( X - \bar { X } ) ^ { 2 }$ for these data?

A) 0
B) 1.66
C) 2.54
D) 25.66