SCENARIO 18-2 One of the Most Common Questions of Prospective House Buyers

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SCENARIO 18-2
One of the most common questions of prospective house buyers pertains to the cost of heating in dollars (Y) . To provide its customers with information on that matter, a large real estate firm used the following 4 variables to predict heating costs: the daily minimum outside temperature in degrees of Fahrenheit ( X₁ ) , the amount of insulation in inches ( X ₂ ) , the number of windows in the house ( X₃ ) , and the age of the furnace in years ( X ₄ ) . Given below are the EXCEL outputs of two regression models.


-Referring to Scenario 18-1,what are the residual degrees of freedom that are missing from the output?

• A)3
• B)46
• C)49
• D)50

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Definitions:

Contribution Format

A format for the income statement that divides variable costs from fixed costs to emphasize the contribution margin.

Fixed Expenses

Costs that do not vary with the level of output or sales, such as rent and salaries.

High-low Method

A technique used in accounting and finance to estimate variable and fixed costs based on the highest and lowest levels of activity.

Monthly Fixed Component

The portion of fixed costs, such as rent or salaries, that does not change with the volume of production or sales in a given month.