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Concept introduction:
Scatter-graph- Scatter-graph is the visual representation of the data on the graph with total costs on the y-axis and level of activity in the x-axis.
Requirement 1
To prepare:
The scatter-graph and estimate the fixed costs.
Concept introduction:
Scatter-graph- Scatter-graph is the visual representation of the data on the graph with total costs on the y-axis and level of activity in the x-axis.
Requirement 2
To provide
The estimated fixed costs.
Concept introduction:
Scatter-graph- Scatter-graph is the visual representation of the data on the graph with total costs on the y-axis and level of activity in the x-axis.
Requirement 3
To explain
The difference with the high low method.
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