At the start of the year, the rate of unemployment among US chiens who were between 50 to 60 years old was 7 percent. At the end of the year, the same age group reported an unemployment rate of 6 percent. However, a newspaper columnist claims that the falling unemployment rate is not an accurate Indicator of the overall employment situation of this age group Which of the following true would strengthen the columns claim ?
A. Economic indicators show that the economy is now recovering after a prolonged recession
B. Most people in this age group who lost their jobs were able to find other work
C. The number of people in this age group receiving unemployment benefit from the government decreased
D. The overall unemployment in the economy decreased by 2 percent
E. Most people in this group who lost their jobs stopped actively looking for new work

Companies in the u. s. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. in 2011 hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. the following data show the number of cars in service (1000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies (auto rental news website, august 7, 2012). excel file: data14-09.xls if required, enter negative values as negative numbers. a. select a scatter diagram with the number of cars in service as the independent variable. b. what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? c. use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation (to 3 decimals). ŷ = + x d. for every additional car placed in service, estimate how much annual revenue will change. by $ e. fox rent a car has 11,000 cars in service. use the estimated regression equation developed in part (c) to predict annual revenue for fox rent a car. round your answer to nearest whole value. $ million hide feedback partially correct