Crosshill Companys total overhead costs at various levels of activity are presented below:
Month MachineHours Total Overhead Cost
April $
May $
June $
July $
Assume that the overhead cost above consists of utilities, supervisory salaries, and maintenance. The breakdown of these costs at the machinehour level of activity in May is as follows:
Utilities variable $
Supervisory salaries fixed
Maintenance mixed
Total overhead cost $
The company wants to break down the maintenance cost into its variable and fixed cost elements.
Required:
Estimate how much of the $ of overhead cost in July was maintenance cost. Hint: To do this, first determine how much of the $ consisted of utilities and supervisory salaries. Think about the behaviour of variable and fixed costs within the relevant range.Round the "Variable cost per unit" to decimal places.
Using the highlow method, estimate a cost formula for maintenance. Round the "Variable cost per unit" to decimal places.
Express the companys total overhead cost in the form Y a bXRound the "Variable cost per unit" to decimal places.
What total overhead cost would you expect to be incurred at an activity level of machinehours? Round the "Variable cost per unit" to decimal places.