oints M Grawburg Incorporated 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: Calls Call Center Cost Taken April 4,850 $ 84,367 May 4,819 $ 84,185 June 4,860 $ 84,430 July 4,854 $ 84,359 August 4,820 $ 84,172 September October November 4,834 $ 84,250 4,880 $ 84,537 4,867 $ 84,475 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. Note: Round the "Variable cost" to 2 decimal places and the "Fixed cost" to the nearest dollar amount. Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Variable cost Fixed cost $ 0.68 per call $ 80,082 per month

oints M Grawburg Incorporated 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: Calls Call Center Cost Taken April 4,850 $ 84,367 May 4,819 $ 84,185 June 4,860 $ 84,430 July 4,854 $ 84,359 August 4,820 $ 84,172 September October November 4,834 $ 84,250 4,880 $ 84,537 4,867 $ 84,475 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. Note: Round the "Variable cost" to 2 decimal places and the "Fixed cost" to the nearest dollar amount. Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Variable cost Fixed cost $ 0.68 per call $ 80,082 per month

Managerial Accounting

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Chapter10: Evaluating Decentralized Operations

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