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Transcribed Image Text:Suppose you have been hired as a management consultant by a major oil company to help it
optimally price gasoline at its service stations.
Your research has uncovered the following data:
Price of Crude Oil
# of New Mustaches Grown
Price of Gasoline
GDP
$80
5,000
3,000
$2.75
90
4,700
2,000
3.00
100
4,500
5,000
3.25
110
4,300
1,000
3.50
Your client has asked you to plot crude oil prices and gasoline prices on a graph.
The cause, or independent variable, should be plotted on the
dependent variable, should be plotted on the
and the effect, or
Gasoline Prices ($ per Gallon)
3.50
3.25
3.00-
2.75-
ජරම
2.50+
75
80
85
90 95 100 105 110 115
Crude Oil Prices ($ per BBL)
After plotting the final point of your multipoint curve, press the Esc key on your keyboard
to end the line.
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