You are a personnel director and are interested in predicting the Number of Shares of Company Stock (Y) using the Number of Years Employed with the Company (X). You randomly selected 8 employees and found that the average number of shares is 525 and the average number of years employed is 22.5. If the slope (b1) is 20.0, what is the least squares estimate of the intercept (b0)? a. 25.0
b. 75.0
c. 40.0
d. 80.5
e. None of these are correct

The average hourly earnings for a construction worker is projected to be $24.50 in 2012. jason wants to join the construction work force after he graduates in 2012. his friend tells him that average hourly earnings for construction workers will rise by 2% from 2009 to 2012. based on the data below, assuming that the projected hourly earnings are correct, is jason’s friend’s statement accurate? construction industry - average hourly earnings, 2000-2009 a. his friend’s statement is accurate. the average hourly earnings will increase by 2%. b. his friend’s statement is not accurate. the percent increase will be more than 2% c. his friend’s statement is not accurate. the percent increase will be less than 2% d. his friend’s statement is not accurate. the average hourly earnings will decrease

One positive number is 9 more than twice another. if their product is 95, find the numbers

Amajor grocery store chain is trying to cut down on waste. currently, they get peaches from two different distributors, whole fruits and green grocer. out of a two large shipments, the manager randomly selects items from both suppliers and counts the number of items that are not sell-able due to bruising, disease or other problems. she then makes a confidence interval. is there a significant difference in the quality of the peaches between the two distributors? 95% ci for pw-pg: (0.064, 0.156)