The accounting department of a large limousine company is analyzing the costs of its services....

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The accounting department of a large limousine company is analyzing the costs of its services. The cost data and level of activity for the past 16 months follow:

Month Special Analyses Customer Accounts Paychecks Processed Accounting Service Costs
1 3 190 1,180 $ 61,400
2 2 170 830 59,200
3 4 320 1,140 59,300
4 1 190 1,080 60,100
5 1 340 940 58,200
6 1 290 1,080 60,600
7 3 170 960 59,400
8 2 290 1,120 59,800
9 4 320 1,090 58,400
10 0 180 1,280 58,800
11 3 170 1,130 58,500
12 1 260 830 61,400
13 3 170 1,070 59,500
14 1 240 1,110 60,700
15 1 170 850 61,300
16 2 340 1,070 59,500
Totals 32 3,810 16,760 $ 956,100

In addition to the above information, you learn that the accounting department had the following total costs for the past 16 months for each of the following:

Total cost of paychecks processed $ 199,444
Total cost of maintaining customer accounts 117,348
Total cost of performing special analyses 124,800
Total fixed costs (total for 16 months) 514,508
Total costs $ 956,100

What is the cost per unit for paychecks processed? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

a-2. What is the cost per unit for customer accounts maintained? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

a-3. What is the cost per unit for special analyses performed?

b. Assuming the following level of cost-driver volumes for a month, what are the accounting department's estimated costs of doing business using the account analysis approach? (Round "Unit cost" to 2 decimal places. Round "Average fixed cost" to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

1,050 paychecks processed.

220 customer accounts maintained.

5 special analyses.

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