Question 2.86

2.86 Sales at a farmers’ market

You sell fruits and vegetables at your local farmers’ market, and you keep track of your weekly sales. A plot of the data from May through August suggests a increase over time that is approximately linear, so you calculate the least-squares regression line. Your partner likes the plot and the line and suggests that you use it to estimate sales for the rest of the year. Explain why this is probably a very bad idea.