Dr. Carter, of Carter and Associates, LLP, is examining how overhead costs behave as a function of monthly physician contact hours billed to patients. The historical data are as follows: (Click the icon to view the data.) Read the requirements. ... Requirement 1. Compute the linear cost function, relating total overhead costs to physician contact hours, using the representative observations of 160 and 210 hours. Plot the linear cost function. Does the constant component of the cost function represent the fixed overhead costs of Carter and Associates? Why? Select the labels for the cost function using the representative observations of 160 and 210 hours. y = +