question 15

15) The table below shows the age and annual income of 12 randomly selected college graduates all 15) living in the city of Seattle. Age Annual Income (dollars) 26 28,520 31 36,750 55 72,155 47 43,225 38 34,197 50 60,030 29 25,005 23 31,625 33 55,975 40 37,064 52 75,082 25 19,055 The scatterplot and regression line are graphed below: 80000+ 50000 Annual Income (dollars) 40000 20000- 10 30 40 50 60 Age Would it be reasonable to use the regression equation to predict the annual income of a college graduate in Seattle who is 90 years old? Explain your answer. A) Yes; the regression line fits the data quite closely. B) No; regression equations can not be used to predict values for which there is no input data. C) No; 90 year olds are outside the age range of the data. D) No; the regression line does not fit the data very closely