Kelly Battle, owner of Flower Petal, operates a local chain of floral shops. Each shop has its own delivery van. Instead of charging a flat delivery fee, Battle wants to set the delivery fee based on the distance driven to deliver the flowers. Battle wants to separate the fixed and variable portions of her van operating costs so that she has a better idea how delivery distance affects these costs. Flower Petal does a regression analysis on the next year's data using Excel. The output generated by Excel is as follows:

View the regression analysis.

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Determine the firm's cost equation $($use the output from the Excel regression$).$

Determine the R$-$squared $($use the output from the Excel regression$).$ What does Flower Petal's R$-$sguared indicate?

Predict van operating costs at a volume of $15,000$ miles assuming the company would use the cost equation from the Excel regression regardless of its R$-$squared. Should the company rely on this cost estimate? Why or why not?

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