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CoursHeroTranscribedText: Required information Exercise 5A-2 (Algo) Least-Squares Regression [L05-11] [The following information applies to the questions displayed below. ] Bargain Rental Car offers rental cars in an off-airport location near a major tourist destination in California. Management would like to better understand the variable and fixed portions of its car washing costs. The company operates its own car wash facility in which each rental car that is returned is thoroughly cleaned before being released for rental to another customer. Management believes that the variable portion of its car washing costs relates to the number of rental returns. Accordingly, the following data have been compiled: Month Rental Returns Car Wash Costs January 2,400 $ 10,500 February 2,500 $ 12,900 March 2,700 $ 11,300 April 2,900 $ 13,500 May 3,600 $ 15,700 June 4,900 $ 22,300 July 5,500 $ 21,700 August 5,400 $ 20,900 September 4,700 $ 22,300 October 3,800 $ 19,600 November 2,100 $ 10,200 December 2,600 $ 12,500 c 4 Exercise 5A-2 Part 2 (Algo) 2. Using least-squares regression, estimate the variable cost per rental return and the monthly xed cost incurred to wash cars. (Round Fixed cost to the nearest whole dollar amount and the Variable cost per unit to 2 decimal places.) Fixed cost per month Variable cost per rental return $ 2,651.51

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