​b) for each​ week: ice cream cone​ sales, air-conditioner sales which variable would best be used as the explanatory variable and which as the response​ variable? a. ​air-conditioner sales would best be used as the explanatory​ variable, and ice cream cone sales the response​ variable, to predict ice cream cone sales based on​ air-conditioner sales. b. ice cream cone sales would best be used as the explanatory​ variable, and​ air-conditioner sales the response​ variable, to predict​ air-conditioner sales based on ice cream cone sales. c. either ice cream cone sales or​ air-conditioner sales can be the explanatory value. then the other will be the response​ variable, because ice cream cone sales can be predicted by​ air-conditioner sales, and​ air-conditioner sales can also be predicted by ice cream cone sales. d. the terms explanatory and response variable do not apply to this situation.