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Madison County Airport handles several daily commuter flights and many private flights. Th...

Madison County Airport handles several daily commuter flights and many private flights. The county budget officer has compiled the following data regarding airport costs and activity over the past year.

Month

Flights Originating at Madison County Airport

Airport Costs

January

1,100

$20,000

February

800

17,000

March

1,400

19,000

April

900

18,000

May

1,000

19,000

June

1,200

20,000

July

1,100

18,000

August

1,400

24,000

September

1,000

19,000

October

1,200

21,000

November

900

17,000

December

1,500

21,000

Required:

1. Draw a scatter diagram of the airport costs shown above.

2.Build aspreadsheet:Construct an Excel spreadsheet and use the Excel commands to perform a least-squares regression. Estimate the variable- and fixed-cost components in the airport’s cost behavior pattern.

3. Write the least-squares regression equation for the airport’s costs.

4. Predict the airport’s costs during a month when 1,600 flights originate at the airport.

5. Using the Excel spreadsheet prepared for requirement (2), compute the coefficient of determination (R2)for the regression equation. Briefly interpret R2

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