The general perception is that the manufacturer of the product can reduce the cost required to manufacture a single product by increasing the number of manufactured products. The following material lists the quantities of products produced by one manufacturer and the corresponding costs per product. Material:

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The general perception is that the manufacturer of the product can reduce the cost required to manufacture a single product by increasing the number of manufactured products. The following material lists the quantities of products produced by one manufacturer and the corresponding costs per product.

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nro of products 10 20 50 100 150 200
manufacturing cost per product 9.4 9.2 9.0 8.5 8.1 7.4

 


a) Calculate the forecast for the product-specific manufacturing cost when a batch of 125 products has been ordered from the manufacturer.
b) Estimate the variance parameter σ2 of the linear model in point a.
c) Calculate the 99 percent prediction interval for the manufacturing cost per product when a batch of 110 products is ordered from the manufacturer.

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