Accountants at the Tucsan firm Larry Youdleman cpas believed that several traveling executives were submitting unusually high travel vouchers wehn they returned from business trips. First they took a sample of 200 vouchers submitted from the past year. Then they developed the following multiple regression equation relating expected travel cost to number of days on the road (X1) and distance traveled (X2) in miles       ^y= $95.00+$50.50X1+$0.40X2 The coefficient of correlation for the model is 0.72  a) If Donna Battista returns from a 300 mile trip that took her out of tow for 6 days the expected amount that she should claim as expense = $518  b) after the 300 mile and 6 day trip Battista submitted a reimbursement request dfor $785 which is different than predicted value. The accountant should question the voucher as the request is much higher than expected

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Accountants at the Tucsan firm Larry Youdleman cpas believed that several traveling executives were submitting unusually high travel vouchers wehn they returned from business trips. First they took a sample of 200 vouchers submitted from the past year. Then they developed the following multiple regression equation relating expected travel cost to number of days on the road (X1) and distance traveled (X2) in miles

      ^y= $95.00+$50.50X1+$0.40X2

The coefficient of correlation for the model is 0.72 

a) If Donna Battista returns from a 300 mile trip that took her out of tow for 6 days the expected amount that she should claim as expense = $518 

b) after the 300 mile and 6 day trip Battista submitted a reimbursement request dfor $785 which is different than predicted value. The accountant should question the voucher as the request is much higher than expected

c) Additional variables that could be included in the model are (select that choice that has all the factors you would consider)

Type of travel

The percentage of variation in the trip cost that can be explained by the model= [__]% (round your response to two decimal places) which suggests that the model is [particularly a good one/ Not particularly a good one]?

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Here we will find the Expected tr avel cost 

Expected travel cost =$95+$50.50X1+$0.40X2

In this part , we have  , X1=Number of Days =6

X2=Travelled distance( in miles) =300

Hence, total expected travel cost = $(95+50.50(6)+0.40(300))=$518

Hence, The Expected amount that she should claim as expense =$518

 

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