The controller of Hall Industries has collected the following monthly expense data for use in analyzing the cost behavior of maintenance costs. Month Total Maintenance Costs Total Machine Hours January $2,817 3,734 February 3,201 4,268 March 3,841 6,402 April 4,801 8,429 May 3,414 5,335 June 4,930 8,536 Determine the variable-cost components using the high-low method. (Round variable cost to 2 decimal places e.g. 12.25.)
The controller of Hall Industries has collected the following monthly expense data for use in analyzing the cost behavior of maintenance costs. Month Total Maintenance Costs Total Machine Hours January $2,817 3,734 February 3,201 4,268 March 3,841 6,402 April 4,801 8,429 May 3,414 5,335 June 4,930 8,536 Determine the variable-cost components using the high-low method. (Round variable cost to 2 decimal places e.g. 12.25.)
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The controller of Hall Industries has collected the following monthly expense data for use in analyzing the cost behavior of maintenance costs.
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Month
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Total
Maintenance Costs |
Total
Machine Hours |
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| January | $2,817 | 3,734 | |||
| February | 3,201 | 4,268 | |||
| March | 3,841 | 6,402 | |||
| April | 4,801 | 8,429 | |||
| May | 3,414 | 5,335 | |||
| June | 4,930 | 8,536 |
Determine the variable-cost components using the high-low method. (Round variable cost to 2 decimal places e.g. 12.25.)
| Variable cost per machine hour |
$
|
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Determine the fixed cost components using the high-low method. (Round answer to 0 decimal places e.g. 2,520.)
| Fixed costs |
$
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