(Appendix 5A) Recent Maintenance Costs of Divers Corporation Are Listed

Multiple Choice

(Appendix 5A) Recent maintenance costs of Divers 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) $9.76
B) $6.00
C) $4.43
D) $4.57