Windsor Company Incurred the Following Costs and Machine Hours During

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Essay

Windsor Company incurred the following costs and machine hours during the first three months of the current year.Assume that the driver for all costs is machine hours.
Required:
$\begin{array} { l r r r } \text { Type of cost } & \text { January } & \text { February } & \text { March } \\ \text { Electricity } & \$ 20,000 & \$ 15,000 & \$ 18,000 \\ \text { Depreciation } & 15,000 & 15,000 & 15,000 \\ \text { Factory supplies } & 9,600 & 5,600 & 7,600 \\ \text { Property taxes } & 12,000 & 12,000 & 12,000 \\\text { Machine hours }&1,200&700&950\end{array}$
A. Using the high-low method, construct a cost formula for electricity cost.
B. If Windsor had total costs in April of $\$ 53,000$ , how many machine hours did they incur during April?
C. If Windsor expects to incur 1,500 machine hours in May, what would be the estimate of their total costs?

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