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Okafor Company manufactures skis. The management accountant wants to calculate the fixed and variable costs associated with the leasing of machinery. Data for the past four months were collected.
Month |
Lease cost |
Machine hours |
April |
$21,000 |
550 |
May |
16,500 |
420 |
June |
19,000 |
510 |
July |
22,230 |
570 |
What would Okafor Company's cost formula be to estimate the cost of leasing within the relevant range?
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