As Part of His Job as Cost Analyst, John Kelly

question 135

Essay

As part of his job as cost analyst, John Kelly collected the following information concerning the operations of the Machining Department:

Required:
a.Use the high-low method to determine the estimating cost function with machine-hours as the cost driver.
b.If June's estimated machine-hours are 4,300, calculate the total estimated costs of the Machining Department?

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