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Predicted
Month Units Produced Monthly Plant cost cost Error intercept
1 1260 123118 118872.658 4245.3424 RSq
2 1007 99601 102612.677 -3011.677
3 1296 132000 121186.331 10813.669
4 873 80000 94000.6707 -14000.67
5 532 52000 72085.044 -20085.04
6 476 58625 68485.9968 -9860.997
7 482 74624 68871.609 5752.391
8 1273 110000 119708.151 -9708.151
9 692 81000 82368.036 -1368.036
10 690 73507 82239.4986 -8732.499
11 564 95024 74141.6424 20882.358
12 470 88004 68100.3846 19903.615
13 675 70000 81275.4681 -11275.47
14 870 110253 93807.8646 16445.135
15 1100 108589.666

Monthly Plant cost

140000
120000
f(x) = 64.2686973103x + 37894.0955726442
100000 R² = 0.6882028406

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Estimating Fixed and Variable Costs

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