The table below shows the amount of money spent on skin diving and scuba equipment in some recent years. Let x represent the year and y represent the amount of sales, in millions of dollars, in the regression equation.
y = 7.36 x minus 14,354.33,
Use the regression equation to predict the sales of skin diving and scuba equipment in the year 2008.
a.
44,000,000
b.
440,000,000
c.
42,455,000
d.
424,550,000