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The following information on maintenance and repair costs and revenues for the last two years is available from the accounting records at Arnie’s Arcade & Video Palace. Arnie has asked you to help him understand the relation between business volume and maintenance and repair cost.
| Month | Maintenance and Repair Cost ($000) | Revenues ($000) | 
| July | $1.66 | $46.00 | 
| August | 2.63 | 40.00 | 
| September | 2.15 | 36.00 | 
| October | 1.56 | 52.00 | 
| November | 1.65 | 64.00 | 
| December | 0.49 | 92.00 | 
| January | 2.47 | 32.00 | 
| February | 2.51 | 38.00 | 
| March | 2.37 | 48.00 | 
| April | 2.33 | 50.00 | 
| May | 1.39 | 54.00 | 
| June | 1.13 | 66.00 | 
| July | 1.95 | 60.00 | 
| August | 1.37 | 54.00 | 
| September | 1.92 | 62.00 | 
| October | 1.73 | 64.00 | 
| November | 0.78 | 74.00 | 
| December | 0.11 | 104.00 | 
| January | 1.93 | 48.00 | 
| February | 1.63 | 50.00 | 
| March | 1.04 | 70.00 | 
| April | 1.30 | 74.00 | 
| May | 1.30 | 60.00 | 
| June | 1.72 | 56.00 | 
Required:
Using Excel, estimate a linear regression with maintenance and repair cost as the dependent variable and revenue as the independent variable. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round "Multiple R, R Square and Standard Error" to 7 decimal places, "Intercept and Revenues" to 4 decimal places.)
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Let X be the revenue and Y be the maintenance and repair cost. Commands to perform regression analysis in excel
The Excel regression output is:

