Your boss wants you to analyze the relationship between the company's monthly operating costs and the current cost driver she has chosen. You run a regression analysis and receive the following information:

Intercept Coefficient = 653,434
X Variable 1 Coefficient 5.76
R-square= 0.3784

What is your company's monthly cost equation?

A. y = $0.38x + $576
B. y = $653,434x + $5.76
C. y = $5.76x + $653,434
D. y = $0.38% + $653,434

There is a small, family-owned store that sells food and household goods in a small town. the owners have good relations with the community, especially with local farmers who supply much of the food. the farmers aren't organized into a cooperative or union, and the store deals with each individually. suppose the store wanted to buy some farms to control the supply of certain vegetables. how would you classify this strategic move? select one: a. horizontal integration b. forward integration c. backward integration d. concentric integration