Deepa Dalal opened a free-standing radiology clinic. She had anticipated that the costs for the radiological tests would be primarily fixed, but she found that costs increased with the number of tests performed. Costs for this service over the past nine months are as follows:
Month Radiology Tests Total Cost
January 2,800 $133,500
February 2,600 135,060
March 3,100 175,000
April 3,500 170,600
May 3,400 176,900
June 3,700 186,600
July 3,840 174,450
August 4,100 195,510
September 3,450 185,300