The director of surgery at a local hospital is interested in understanding his unit's costs. An assistant collected data for the past 36 months on unit cost (labor, supplies, and so on) along with the number of procedures performed in the unit. The assistant analyzed the data using a spreadsheet program, and the following output was generated.

CoursHeroTranscribedText: Required A Required B Required C Use the regression output to write the surgical unit cost equation. Surgical unit cost E + x ProceduresRequired A Required B Required C Based on the cost equation, compute the estimated costs for the surgical unit per month for the coming year. Surgical unit costsRequired A Required B Required C The director of surgeryf has asked you for advice on whether he should rely,r en the estimate