In: Accounting
Garfield Company manufactures a popular brand of dog repellant
known as DogGone It, which it sells in gallon-size bottles with a
spray attachment. The majority of Garfield’s business comes from
orders placed by homeowners who are trying to keep neighborhood
dogs out of their yards. Garfield’s operating information for the
first six months of the year follows:
Month | Number of Bottles Sold | Operating Cost | |
January | 1,060 | $ | 10,780 |
February | 1,410 | 15,730 | |
March | 1,790 | 15,990 | |
April | 2,500 | 19,530 | |
May | 3,490 | 27,740 | |
June | 3,790 | 34,890 | |
Required:
3. Using the high-low method, calculate Garfield’s total
fixed operating costs and variable operating cost per bottle.
(Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your
variable cost per unit answer to 2 decimal places and fixed cost
answer to the nearest whole number.)
Variable cost per unit: 8.83
fixed cost : 1420
4. Perform a least-squares regression analysis on
Garfield’s data. (Use Microsoft Excel or a statistical
package to find the coefficients using least-squares regression.
Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)
coefficients
intercept:
X variable 1:
5. Determine how well this regression analysis
explains the data. (Round you regression statistics to
three decimal places and your percentage answer to the nearest
whole number.)
Regression Statistics | |||
Multiple R | |||
R Square | |||
Adjusted R Square | |||
Standard Error | |||
Observations | |||
From the regression output, number of bottles explains about | % | of the variability in Garfield’s total cost. |
6. Using the regression output, create a linear
cost equation (y = a + bx) for estimating
Garfield’s operating costs. (Round your answers to 3
decimal places.)
total cost = + (Number of bottles)