Answer the Following Questions Using the Information Below:
the Frontive

question 11

Multiple Choice

Answer the following questions using the information below:
The Frontive Company has assembled the following data pertaining to certain costs that cannot be easily identified as either fixed or variable. Frontive Company has heard about a method of measuring cost functions called the high-low method and has decided to use it in this situation.
$\begin{array}{rr}\text { Cost}&\text { Hours }\\\$ 24,700 & 5,000 \\26,000 & 5,500 \\34,000 & 7,500 \\45,370 & 10,300 \\38,000 & 9,500\end{array}$
-What is the estimated total cost at an operating level of 9,000 hours?

• A) $35,100
• B) $40,300
• C) $44,460
• D) $39,644

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Definitions:

Regulation by the Clock

Organizing daily life, work, and routines based on chronological time, often emphasizing punctuality, schedules, and time efficiency.

Mass Consumption

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Hip-hop

A cultural movement that originated in the 1970s in the Bronx, New York, encompassing music, dance, art, and fashion.

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