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The Burlington Company has recorded the following costs for factory utilities at various volumes of production

Production
Volume (000s) Total Factory Utilities Cos2ts
600 $700,000
400 $500,000
200 $300,000

Using a scattergraph plot, estimate the cost function for utilities costs.

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This solution analyzes the relation between cost and volume for a company.

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See Excel attachment for scatter-graph plot.

The cost function is: Cost = a * Volume + b
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