Question (4): Answer the following problem:  Cover Me, Inc. sells umbrellas in two cities.  Management assumes that annual rainfall is the primary determinant of umbrella sales, and it wants to generate a linear regression equation to estimate potential sales in another city.  Use the table below to develop a linear regression equation to find out what sales might be if the rainfall is 12 inches in City C. Show your work in the below table   Rainfall X Sales Y X2 XY City A 36 inches 200     City B 30 inches 250     City C 12 inches       Total 66 450

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Cover Me, Inc. sells umbrellas in two cities.  Management assumes that annual rainfall is the primary determinant of umbrella sales, and it wants to generate a linear regression equation to estimate potential sales in another city.  Use the table below to develop a linear regression equation to find out what sales might be if the rainfall is 12 inches in City C.

Show your work in the below table

 

Rainfall X

Sales Y

X2

XY

City A

36 inches

200

 

 

City B

30 inches

250

 

 

City C

12 inches

 

 

 

Total

66

450

 

 

 

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