Using High-Low to Calculate Predicted Total Variable Cost and Total Cost for Budgeted Output
Pizza Vesuvio makes specialty pizzas. Data for the past eight months were collected:
Month | Labor Cost | Employee Hours | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | $7,000 | 360 | |||
February | 8,140 | 550 | |||
March | 9,899 | 630 | |||
April | 9,787 | 610 | |||
May | 8,490 | 480 | |||
June | 7,450 | 350 | |||
July | 9,490 | 570 | |||
August | 7,531 | 310 |
Assume that this information was used to construct the following formula for monthly labor cost.
Total Labor Cost = $5,237 + ($7.40 x Employee Hours) |
Required:
Assume that 675 employee hours are budgeted for the month of September. Use the total labor cost formula for the following calculations:
1. Calculate total variable labor cost for
September.
$
2. Calculate total labor cost for
September.
$
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