Firms are more likely to accept a special order for one of their products at a reduced price if:

All costs are variable

Excess capacity exists

The order is small

The buyer plans to compete in the markets of the firm's regular customers

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The following data was input into a spreadsheet program to determine the Intercept, Slope and R² (RSQ) for Patient Days and Maintenance Costs for a local hospital:

Month	Patent Days (X)	Maintenance Costs (Y)
January	6,600	$8,900
February	8,100	$9,500
March	6,000	$8,400
April	7,500	$9,200
May	8,300	$10,100
June	9,000	$10,800
July	5,200	$8,800
Intercept	$5,468
Slope	$0.541
RSQ	0.79

The estimated fixed maintenance cost for the hospital is:

	$5,468
	$3,431
	$0.759
	$0.683