A Manufacturing Company Uses Two Different Independent Variables in Two

question 140

Essay

A Manufacturing Company uses two different independent variables in two different equations to evaluate the cost activities of the packaging department,machine-hours and number of packages.The most recent month's results of the two regressions are as follows:
Machine hours:

r² = 0.29
Number of packages:

r² = 0.61
Required:
a.What are the estimating equations for each cost driver?
b.Which cost driver is best and why?

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