GEN COMBO MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS; CONNECT 1S ACCESS CARD

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ISBN: 9781259911682

Author: Eric Noreen

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Chapter 2, Problem 2.20P

High-Low Method; Predicting Cost [LO 2-4, LO 2-5]

Nova Company' s total overhead cost at various levels of activity are presented below:

Chapter 2, Problem 2.20P, High-Low Method; Predicting Cost [LO 2-4, LO 2-5] Nova Company' s total overhead cost at various , example 1

Assume that the total overhead cost above consists of utilities, supervisory salaries. and maintenance. The breakdown of these costs at the machine-hour level of activity is:

Chapter 2, Problem 2.20P, High-Low Method; Predicting Cost [LO 2-4, LO 2-5] Nova Company' s total overhead cost at various , example 2

Nova Company’s management wants to break down the maintenance cost into its variable and fixed cost elements.

Required:

Estimate how much of the $246,000 of overhead cost in July was maintenance cost. (Hint: to do this, it may be helpful to first determine how much of the $246,000 consisted of utilities and supervisory salaries. Think about the behavior of variable and fixed costs!)
Using the high-low method: estimate a cost formula for maintenance.
Express the company' s total overhead cost in the linear equation form Y = a + b X .
What total overhead cost would you expect to be incurred at an activity level of 75,000 machine-hours?

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