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Extra Questions

Topic 2
COST BEHAVIOUR EXTRA QUESTIONS (FEB 17)
Question 1
(a) The following data is related to maintenance cost for a factory.

Machine Maintenance
Month hours cost
$
July 45,000 110,000
August 50,000 115,000
September 70,000 173,000
October 60,000 135,000
November 75,000 170,000
December 65,000 145,000

Required:
i. Use high-low method to estimate factory’s maintenance cost and
express it in equation form. Assume that machining hours is the cost
driver.
ii. Use the equation that you have developed in part (i), estimate the
maintenance cost for a month in which 80,000 machine hours are
worked.

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