Answer the Following Questions Using the Information Below:
Uninder Company

question 5

Multiple Choice

Answer the following questions using the information below:
Uninder Company uses the high-low method to estimate the cost function. The information for 2015 is provided below:
$\begin{array}{lll}&\text { Machine-hours } & \text { Labor Costs }\\\text { Highest observation of cost driver } & 550 & \$ 22,000 \\\text { Lowest observation of cost driver } & 250 & \$ 13,000\end{array}$
-What is the estimated total cost when 400 machine-hours are used?

• A) $20,800
• B) $29,000
• C) $16,000
• D) $17,500

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Definitions:

Financial Leverage

The employment of loaned funds to boost the prospective earnings of an investment.

EBIT

A profitability metric that disregards interest and income tax expenditures, known as Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.

ROE

Return On Equity; a measure of a corporation's profitability by revealing how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested.

Debt

An amount of money borrowed by one party from another, often used by companies and governments to finance projects and operations.