The Marsha Corporation Used Regression Analysis to Predict the Annual

question 60

Multiple Choice

The Marsha Corporation used regression analysis to predict the annual cost of indirect materials.The results were as follows: Indirect Materials Cost
Explained by Units Froduced
$\begin{array}{lr}\text { Constant } & \$ 14,885 \\\text { Standard error of Y estimate } & \$ 9,960 \\\text { R - squared } & 0.7832 \\\text { No. of observations } & 22 \\\text { Degrees of freedom } & 20 \\& \\\text { X coefficients) } & 11.75 \\\text { Standard error of coefficients) } & 2.1876\end{array}$ The total fixed cost is _____.

• A)$9,960
• B)$14,885
• C)$15,664
• D)$24,845

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