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Requirement $1.$ Which of the preceding costs is variable? Fixed? Mixed? Explain.

Requirement $3.$ Combine the preceding information to get a monthly operating cost function Requirement $3.$ Combine the preceding information to get a monthly operating cost function for the SmithSmith Corporation.

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Requirement $4.$ Next$$ month, SmithSmith expects to use $350350$ machine$$ hours, have $9090$employees$,$ and ship $8$ comma $6008,600$ units. Estimate the total operating cost for the month.

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