Assume that the emotional intelligence training program costs $$129,500$ per $100$ employees to administer, in addition to the cost of lost work time of $$850$ per employee. Also assume that your HR Team has evidence to suggest that the emotional intelligence training program you are exploring increases employee emotional intelligence scores by $1\mathrm{.}5$ points $($on average$).$

Identify the total cost of implementing this training program to all $485$ employees in the sales force at a particular Kohl$$s store. Be sure to include your calculations.

Using your linear regression slope, identify the quarterly sales increase $($on average$)$ you predict for employees after completing the training $($assuming an increase of $1\mathrm{.}5$ points, on average$).$

Find the total financial benefit of implementing this program for all $485$ employees for one quarter, based on the predicted sales increase you calculated above. Be sure to include your calculations.

Identify how long $($i$.$e$.,$ how many quarters$)$ it will take the store to recoup the upfront cost of this training program based on your findings above. Be sure to include your calculations.