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Fundamentals of Cost Accounting 2nd Edition by William Lanen, Carolyn Wells, Michael Maher

Edition 2ISBN: 978-0077274993
book Fundamentals of Cost Accounting 2nd Edition by William Lanen, Carolyn Wells, Michael Maher cover

Fundamentals of Cost Accounting 2nd Edition by William Lanen, Carolyn Wells, Michael Maher

Edition 2ISBN: 978-0077274993
Exercise 17
Methods of Estimating Costs: High-Low
Lecouvreur Corporation manufactures soccer equipment. In planning for next year, the managers want to understand the relation between activity and overhead costs. Discussions with the plant supervisor suggest that overhead seems to vary with labor-hours, machine-hours, or both. The following data were collected from last year's operations:
Methods of Estimating Costs: High-Low  Lecouvreur Corporation manufactures soccer equipment. In planning for next year, the managers want to understand the relation between activity and overhead costs. Discussions with the plant supervisor suggest that overhead seems to vary with labor-hours, machine-hours, or both. The following data were collected from last year's operations:     Required  a. Use the high-low method to estimate the fixed and variable portions of overhead costs based on machine-hours. b. Managers expect the plant to operate at a monthly average of 1,500 machine-hours next year. What are the estimated monthly overhead costs, assuming no inflation
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a. Use the high-low method to estimate the fixed and variable portions of overhead costs based on machine-hours.
b. Managers expect the plant to operate at a monthly average of 1,500 machine-hours next year. What are the estimated monthly overhead costs, assuming no inflation
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