Required: Assume that 665 employee hours are budgeted for the month of September. Use the total labor cost formula for the following calculations: 1. Calculate total variable labor cost for September: Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar. 2. Calculate total labor cost for September. Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar
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Assume that 665 employee hours are budgeted for the month of September. Use the total labor cost formula for the following calculations
1. Calculate total variable labor cost for September. Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.
2. Calculate total labor cost for September. Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fcf7465a1-1f06-4ade-b6d3-6ab1782d9bd3%2F30495812-0d92-45db-8f36-db0727664d3f%2F6yd3jo9_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
![Uting High-Low to Calculate Predicted Total Variable Cost and Total Cost for Budgeted Output
Pizza Vesuvio makes specialty pizzas. Data for the past 8 months were collected
Month
January
February
March
April
May
June
Jully
August
Labor Cost Employee Hours
$7,100
8,240
9.999
6,590
7,550
9,590
7,631
360
550
660
610
480
Assume that this information was used to construct the following formula for monthly labor cost.
350
570
310
Total Labor Cost-$5,534+ ($6.77 x Employee Hours)
This information has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file. Open the spreadsheet, perform the required analysis, and input your answers in the questions below](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fcf7465a1-1f06-4ade-b6d3-6ab1782d9bd3%2F30495812-0d92-45db-8f36-db0727664d3f%2Fc1yrgbk_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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