Galarneau Inc. maintains a call center to take orders, answer questions, and handle complaints. The costs of the call center for a number of recent months are listed below: Management believes that the cost of the call center is a mixed cost that depends on the number of calls taken.
Required:
Estimate the variable cost per call and fixed cost per month using the least-squares regression method.

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Galarneau Inc. maintains a call center to take orders, answer questions, and handle complaints. The costs of the call center for a number of recent months are listed below:  Management believes that the cost of the call center is a mixed cost that depends on the number of calls taken.
Required:
Estimate the variable cost per call and fixed cost per month using the least-squares regression method.

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The Answer of Galarneau Inc. maintains a call center to take orders, answer questions, and handle complaints. The costs of the call center for a number of recent months are listed below:  Management believes that the cost of the call center is a mixed cost that depends on the number of calls taken.
Required:
Estimate the variable cost per call and fixed cost per month using the least-squares regression method.