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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
10th Edition
ISBN:9781259964947
Author:Libby
Publisher:Libby
Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
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Valdez Motors Co. makes motorcycles. Management wants to estimate overhead costs to plan its operations. A recent trade publication revealed that overhead costs tend to vary with machine hours. To check this, they collected the following data for the past 12 months. Months Machine Hours Overhead Costs 175 P4,500 4225 170 160 4,321 5,250 4,800 5,100 4,450 4,200 5,475 4,760 4,325 3,975 190 175 6. 200 160 150 9. 210 10 180 11 170 12 145 Requirements: 1. Use the High-low method to estimate the fixed and variable portion of overhead costs based on machine hours. 2. If the plant is planning to operate at a level of 200 machine hours next period, what would be the estimated overhead costs? 3. Use the method of least square to estimate the fixed and variable portion of overhead costs based on machine hours. t2345078
Transcribed Image Text:Valdez Motors Co. makes motorcycles. Management wants to estimate overhead costs to plan its operations. A recent trade publication revealed that overhead costs tend to vary with machine hours. To check this, they collected the following data for the past 12 months. Months Machine Hours Overhead Costs 175 P4,500 4225 170 160 4,321 5,250 4,800 5,100 4,450 4,200 5,475 4,760 4,325 3,975 190 175 6. 200 160 150 9. 210 10 180 11 170 12 145 Requirements: 1. Use the High-low method to estimate the fixed and variable portion of overhead costs based on machine hours. 2. If the plant is planning to operate at a level of 200 machine hours next period, what would be the estimated overhead costs? 3. Use the method of least square to estimate the fixed and variable portion of overhead costs based on machine hours. t2345078
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