Recent Maintenance Costs of Pavelko Corporation Are Listed Below

question 1

Multiple Choice

Recent maintenance costs of Pavelko Corporation are listed below: Management believes that maintenance cost is a mixed cost that depends on machine-hours.
-Using the least-squares regression method, the estimate of the variable component of maintenance cost per machine-hour is closest to:

• A) $3.26
• B) $13.45
• C) $2.00
• D) $2.96

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