Thane Company Is Interested in Establishing the Relationship Between Electricity

question 103

Multiple Choice

Thane Company is interested in establishing the relationship between electricity costs and machine hours.Data have been collected and a regression analysis prepared using Excel.The monthly data and the regression output follow: $$\begin{array} { | l | r | r | } \hline \text { Month } & \text { Machine Hours } & \text { Electricity Costs } \\\hline \text { January } & 2,500 & 18,400 \\\hline \text { February } & 2,900 & 21,000 \\\hline \text { March } & 1,900 & 13,500 \\\hline \text { April } & 3,100 & 23,000 \\\hline \text { May } & 3,800 & 28,250 \\\hline \text { June } & 3,300 & 22,000 \\\hline \text { Juby } & 4,100 & 24,750 \\\hline \text { August } & 3,500 & 22,750 \\\hline \text { September } & 2,000 & 15,500 \\\hline \text { October } & 3,700 & 26,000 \\\hline \text { November } & 4,700 & 31,000 \\\hline \text { December } & 4,200 & 27,750 \\\hline\end{array}$$

If the controller uses regression analysis to estimate costs,the estimate of the variable portion of electricity cost is:

• A) Cost = $11.70 × Machine-hours.
• B) Cost = $0.93 × Machine-hours.
• C) Cost = $5.77 × Machine-hours.
• D) Cost = $0.49 × Machine-hours.

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