Java Joe coffees wants to find an equation to estimate monthly utility costs. Java Joe's has been in business for one year and has collected the following cost data for utilities
1.which of the preceding costs is variable? Fixed? Mixed? Explain
2. using the high-low method, determine the cost function for each cost
3. combine the preceding information to get a monthly utility cost function for Java
4. next month, Java's expects to use 2200 kilowatt hours of electricity, make 1500 minutes of telephone calls and use 32000 gallons of water. Estimate total cost of utilities for the month
Month
Electricity
bill
Kilowatt hours used
telefone
min used
Water
Gallonsof water used
January
$360
1200
1100
$60
30560
February
$420
1400
1060
26800
March
$549
1830
1240
31450
April
$405
1350
980
29965
May
$588
1960
30568
June
$624
2080
1440
25540
July
$522
1740
1170
32690
August
$597
1990
1310
31222
September
$630
2100
1280
33540
October
$615
2050
1190
31970
November
$594
1980
1050
28600
December
$633
2110
34100
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