Wallace Industries Wanted to Determine the Relationship Between Its Monthly

question 27

Multiple Choice

Wallace Industries wanted to determine the relationship between its monthly operating costs and a potential cost driver, machine hours. The output of a regression analysis showed the following information (note: only a portion of the regression analysis results is presented here) : What is closest to the total cost if the firm uses 4,200 machine hours?

• A)$5,964.03
• B)$3,018.08
• C)$2,945.95
• D)$12,372,975.38

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