A manager records the production output of three employees who each work on three differentmachines for three different days. The sample results are given below and the Minitab resultsfollow. EmployeeABCI 23, 27, 29 30, 27, 25 18, 20, 22 Machine II 25, 26, 24 24, 29, 26 19, 16, 14III 28, 25, 26 25, 27, 23 15, 11, 17 ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE ITEMSSOURCE DF SS MSMACHINE 2 34.67 17.33EMPLOYEE 2 504.67 252.33INTERACTION 4 26.67 6.67ERROR18 98.00 5.44TOTAL26 664.00Assume that the number of items produced is not affected by an interaction between employee andmachine. Using a 0.05 significance level, test the claim that the machine has no effect on the numberof items produced. Calculate the F-statistic for this test. Round your answer to four decimal places.

A) 2.9300
B) 2.9277
C) 0.0687
D) 49.5699
E) 1.2261