The table below shows the numbers of new-vehicle sales (in thousands) for Company 1 and Company 2 for 11 years. Construct and interpret a 95% prediction interval for new-vehicle sales for Company 2...

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Extracted text: The table below shows the numbers of new-vehicle sales (in thousands) for Company 1 and Company 2 for 11 years. Construct and interpret a 95% prediction interval for new-vehicle sales for Company 2 when the number of new vehicles sold by Company 1 is 2617 thousand. The equation of the regression line is y= 1.202x + 436.910. Company 1, x Company 2, y 4074 3959 3572 3435 3282 3061 2890 2513 1939 1609 1912 4911 4829 4814 4731 4670 4497 4050 3803 2927 2080 2249 Construct and interpret a 95% prediction interval for new-vehicle sales for Company 2 when the number of new vehicles sold by Company 1 is 2617 thousand. Select the correct choice below and fill in the answer boxes to complete your choice. (Round to the nearest cent as needed.) O A. We can be 95% confident that when the new-vehicle sales for Company 1 is 2617 thousand, the new-vehicle sales for Company 2 will be between and thousand. O B. There is a 95% chance that the predicted new-vehicle sales for Company 2 is between and thousand, given that the new-vehicle sales for Company 1 is 2617 thousand.