Exercise 5-35 (Algo) Methods of Estimating Costs: High-Low, Ethical Issues (LO 5-4) Oak Island Amusements Center provides the following data on the costs of maintenance and the number of visitors for the last three years.   Number of Visitors per Year(thousands) Maintenance Costs ($000)   1,850   $ 3,025     2,030     3,322     2,500     4,000     Required: a. Use the high-low method to estimate the fixed cost of maintenance annually and the variable cost of maintenance per visitor. b. The company expects a record 2,400,000 visitors next year. What would be the estimated maintenance costs?

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Exercise 5-35 (Algo) Methods of Estimating Costs: High-Low, Ethical Issues (LO 5-4)

Oak Island Amusements Center provides the following data on the costs of maintenance and the number of visitors for the last three years.
 

Number of Visitors per Year(thousands) Maintenance Costs
($000)
  1,850   $ 3,025  
  2,030     3,322  
  2,500     4,000  
 


Required:

a. Use the high-low method to estimate the fixed cost of maintenance annually and the variable cost of maintenance per visitor.

b. The company expects a record 2,400,000 visitors next year. What would be the estimated maintenance costs? 

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