Jerm 7 Corporation is preparing a flexible budget and desires to separate its electricity expense, which is semi-variable and fluctuates with total machine hours, into its fixed and variable components. Information for the first three months of 2022 is as follows: January February March Machine Hours 4,375 2,500 5,000 Electricity Expense P 39.375 25,000 44.500 Requirements: 1. Compute the variable rate per machine hour. 2. Compute the fixed portion of Jem 7's electricity expense. 3. Compute the total manufacturing costs if Jem 7's actual machine hours used is 4,500.
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Jerm 7 Corporation is preparing a flexible budget and desires to separate its
electricity expense, which is semi-variable and fluctuates with total machine hours,
into its fixed and variable components. Information for the first three months of
2022 is as follows:
January
February
March
Machine Hours
4,375
2,500
5,000
Electricity Expense
P
39.375
25,000
44.500
Requirements:
1. Compute the variable rate per machine hour.
2. Compute the fixed portion of Jem 7's electricity expense.
3. Compute the total manufacturing costs if Jem 7's actual machine
hours used is 4,500.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fa16b7afb-6348-45ac-9c0a-0854aa3569c8%2Fabb7f1c2-0ef2-4654-98d5-4f068d7a54f4%2F5p779ll_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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