Lewis Company Needs to Determine the Variable Utilities Rate Per

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Lewis Company needs to determine the variable utilities rate per machine hour in order to estimate cost for August. Relevant information is as follows. $\begin{array}{lcr} & \begin{array}{c}\text { Machine } \\\text { Hours }\end{array} & \text { Utilities } \\\underline{\text { Month }}&\underline{\text { Worked }}& \underline{\text { Cost }} \\\text { April } & 4,500 & \$ 9,560 \\\text { May } & 4,200 & 9,440 \\\text { June } & 6,500 & 10,725 \\\text { July } & 7,000 & 11,400\end{array}$ Lewis anticipates producing 5,000 units in August, each unit requiring 1.5 hours of machine time. The company uses the high-low method to analyze costs.
Required:
A. Calculate the variable and fixed components of the utilities cost.
B. Using the data calculated above, estimate the utilities cost for August.
C. Compare the high-low method versus the visual-fit method with respect to (1) number of data observations used in the analysis and (2) objectivity of the results.

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