Given the Following Cost and Activity Observations for Taco Company's

question 196

Multiple Choice

Given the following cost and activity observations for Taco Company's utilities, use the high-low method to calculate Taco's variable utilities costs per machine hour.

• A) $10.00
• B) $.60
• C) $.40
• D) $.52

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Definitions:

Delta-Connected

A method of connecting three components of an electrical circuit where each component is connected end-to-end to form a closed loop or triangle.

Phase Current

The amount of current flowing in the phase of a three-phase load or power supply.

Line Current

The current flow in the line supplying a three-phase load.

Apparent Power

A measure of the total power in an AC circuit, expressed in volt-amperes (VA), that combines both real power (measured in watts) and reactive power (measured in volt-amperes reactive, or VARs).