Required information George Caloz & Frres, located in Grenchen, Switzerland, makes luxury custom watches in small...

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Required information George Caloz & Frres, located in Grenchen, Switzerland, makes luxury custom watches in small lots. One of the company's products, a platinum diving watch, goes through an etching process. The company has recorded etching costs as follows over the last six weeks: Week Units Total Etching Cost 1 17 $ 26 2 11 20 3 13 24 4 12 22 5 14 25 6 17 84 28 $ 145 For planning purposes, management would like to know the variable etching cost per unit and the total fixed etching cost per week. 2-a. Using the least-squares regression method, estimate the variable etching cost per unit and the total fixed etching cost per week. 2-b. Express these estimates in the form Y = a + bx. Required information George Caloz & Frres, located in Grenchen, Switzerland, makes luxury custom watches in small lots. One of the company's products, a platinum diving watch, goes through an etching process. The company has recorded etching costs as follows over the last six weeks: Week Units Total Etching Cost 1 17 $ 26 2 11 20 3 13 24 4 12 22 5 14 25 6 17 84 28 $ 145 For planning purposes, management would like to know the variable etching cost per unit and the total fixed etching cost per week. 2-a. Using the least-squares regression method, estimate the variable etching cost per unit and the total fixed etching cost per week. 2-b. Express these estimates in the form Y = a + bx.