A study is being made of the relationship between seniority, i.e., years of service with the company, and the number of workdays absent per year. The following regression line is derived from the data: Days Absent = 9.44 -1.09(Years Employed) The best estimate of the number of times a 5-year employee will be absent is

Select one:

a. 8.35

b. 3.99

c. 5.45

d. None of these make sense