Required: 1. Using the high-low method, estimate the variable and fixed cost elements of the bed and breakfast's operation in a typical month. Note: Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round the "Variable cost per room" to 2 decimal places.
Required: 1. Using the high-low method, estimate the variable and fixed cost elements of the bed and breakfast's operation in a typical month. Note: Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round the "Variable cost per room" to 2 decimal places.
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![Donaldson Bed and Breakfast has six available rooms to rent to tourists visiting Niagara Falls.
Guests enjoy a comfortably appointed room with an attached bathroom and the owners
provide a hearty breakfast each morning. The owners have calculated that their typical
occupancy rate is 80% per month. The cost to rent each room is $65 per occupied room per
day assuming a 30-day month. Some of this cost is fixed and some variable. During the month
of June, the occupancy rate went down to 60% and the total cost to operate that month was
$7,650.
Required:
1. Using the high-low method, estimate the variable and fixed cost elements of the bed and
breakfast's operation in a typical month.
Note: Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round the "Variable cost per room"
to 2 decimal places.
High level of activity
Low level of activity
Change
Average # room
nights rented per
month
0
Total Monthly
Cost
$
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Transcribed Image Text:Donaldson Bed and Breakfast has six available rooms to rent to tourists visiting Niagara Falls.
Guests enjoy a comfortably appointed room with an attached bathroom and the owners
provide a hearty breakfast each morning. The owners have calculated that their typical
occupancy rate is 80% per month. The cost to rent each room is $65 per occupied room per
day assuming a 30-day month. Some of this cost is fixed and some variable. During the month
of June, the occupancy rate went down to 60% and the total cost to operate that month was
$7,650.
Required:
1. Using the high-low method, estimate the variable and fixed cost elements of the bed and
breakfast's operation in a typical month.
Note: Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round the "Variable cost per room"
to 2 decimal places.
High level of activity
Low level of activity
Change
Average # room
nights rented per
month
0
Total Monthly
Cost
$
0
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