Argo Company Ran a Regression Analysis Using Direct Labor Hours

question 53

Essay

Argo Company ran a regression analysis using direct labor hours as the independent variable and manufacturing overhead costs as the dependent variable. The results are summarized below:
$$\begin{array} { l c c } \text { Intercept } & \$ 14,600 \\\text { Slope } & \$ 12.55 \\\text { Correlation coefficient } & 0.931 \\\text { R-squared } & 0.867\end{array}$$
Argo is planning on operating at a level that would require 12,000 direct labor hours per month in the upcoming year.
Required:
(a.) Use the information from the regression analysis to write the cost estimation equation for the manufacturing overhead costs.
(b.) Compute the estimated manufacturing overhead costs per month for the upcoming year.

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