1A2A A COMPANY HAS ACCUMULATED DATA FOR THE LAST 24 MONTHS IN ORDER T...

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A company has accumulated data for the last 24 months in order to determine if there is

an independent variable that could be used to estimate shipping costs. Three possible

independent variables being considered are packages shipped, miles shipped, and pounds

shipped. The quantitative technique that should be used to determine whether any of

these independent variables might provide a good estimate for shipping costs is

a. flexible budgeting.

b. linear programming.

c. linear regression.

d. variable costing.

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