Cost Accounting (15th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133428702
ISBN 13: 978-0-13342-870-4

Chapter 10 - Determining How Costs Behave - Assignment Material - Questions - Page 407: 10-1

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When estimating a cost function, two common assumptions are made. First, it's assumed that changes in a single activity (known as the cost driver) can explain changes in total costs. Second, it's assumed that cost behavior follows a linear pattern within a certain range of activity levels. A linear cost function means that, within this range, the relationship between total costs and the level of activity is a straight line on a graph.

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