In: Accounting
Total costs at a restaurant are listed below:
Customers Served | Total Cost | |||||||
March | 11,660 | $ | 28,377 | |||||
April | 11,456 | $ | 28,309 | |||||
May | 11,988 | $ | 28,485 | |||||
June | 13,300 | $ | 28,918 | |||||
July | 11,720 | $ | 28,397 | |||||
August | 11,206 | $ | 28,227 | |||||
September | 12,000 | $ | 28,489 | |||||
October | 11,691 | $ | 28,387 | |||||
November | 11,839 | $ | 28,436 | |||||
The restaurant's total cost is a mixed cost that depends on customers served. The restaurant's management uses the high-low method to estimate the variable and fixed components of this cost. If the management believes that the restaurant will be able to serve 16,000 customers in December, the restaurant's estimated total cost for December is closest to: (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)
Multiple Choice
$29,944
$32,031
$29,809
$60,718
Answer: | |
Variable cost per unit = (Highest Total Cost (-) lowest Total Cost) / ( Highest Cust. Served (-) lowest Cust. Served) = ( $ 28,918 (-) $ 28,227 ) / ( 13,300 (-) 11,206) = $ 691 / 2,094 = $ 0.33 Per unit |
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Fixed cost = Highest Total
Cost (-) ( Highest Cust. Served x Variable cost per
unit ) = $ 28,918 (-) ( 13,300 x $ 0.33) = $ 28,918 (-) $ 4,389 = $ 24,529 |
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Particulars | Amount (in $) |
Variable cost ( 16,000 Customer x $ 0.33) |
$ 5,280 |
Fixed cost | $ 24,529 |
Total cost | $ 29,809 |
Option (C ) is Correct | |