X Company's accountant uses account analysis to estimate costs for each month, with machine hours as the independent variable. In September, she did the following cost behavior analysis for three specific cost items:
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In September, machine hours were 9,700. If machine hours in December are expected to be 8,400, what are expected total costs for these three cost items in December?
we will find fixed and variable costs.
Total cost [Variable+fixed] | Variable | Fixed | |
insurance | $310,500 | 0 | $310,500 |
utilities | $272,667 | $272,667 | 0 |
Indirect labor | $322,238 | $231,539 | $90,699[$322,238-231,539] |
Total | $905,405 | $504,206 | 401,199 |
Total fixed costs are constant . They remain same at all levels of activity.
Variable cost per Machine hours will remain same.
variable cost per MH = total variable cost/ machine hours
=$504,206/9,700 hours
=$51.98 per machine hour
December cost:
= Total fixed cost+total variable cost (fixed costs are constant so they will be same as in septem9ber)
=$401,199 + ($51.98 per machine hour*8400 hours)
=$837,831
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