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Marigold Company makes furniture. The company controller wanted to calculate the

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Question

Marigold Company makes furniture. The company controller wanted to calculate the fixed and variable costs associated with electricity use in the factory. Data for the past four months were collected as follows:

Electricity

Machine

Month

cost

hours

January

$8,000

600

February

7,200

650

March

7,500

580

April

8,200

690

Coefficients shown by a regression program are as follows:

Intercept

5,937

X Variable 1

2.8

Using the results of regression, what would be the total budgeted cost for electricity next month assuming that 620 machine hours are budgeted? (Round to the nearest dollar.)

$4,200

$7,673

$6,000

$5,440

Electricity

Machine

Month

cost

hours

January

$8,000

600

February

7,200

650

March

7,500

580

April

8,200

690

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

The correct option is (b)

Explaination:  

  Using the results of regression, the budgeted cost for maintanance nextmonth is:

= $5937+$2.8 * 620 machine hours

= $5937 + $1736

= $7673

So, the final answer is option (b)

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