Recent IT costs incurred each month at the head office of Dawn Ltd are detailed below. Apply the high/low method to establish how the cost behave and then select the correct prediction of cost for a month in which 770 client projects will be completed by the company month  Number of clients project  IT cost (£) 1 730 £116150 2 800 £123000 3 625 £112500 4 790 £120980 a. £94,200 b. £121,200 c. £122,000 d. £119,780

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Recent IT costs incurred each month at the head office of Dawn Ltd are detailed below. Apply the high/low method to establish how the cost behave and then select the correct prediction of cost for a month in which 770 client projects will be completed by the company

month  Number of clients project  IT cost (£)
1 730

£116150

2 800 £123000
3 625 £112500
4 790 £120980

a. £94,200

b. £121,200

c. £122,000

d. £119,780

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a. Afixedproductionexpense
b. Asemi-variableadministrationoverhead c. A variable direct research expense
d. A mixed direct labour distribution cost

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