Provincial Packages, Inc. operates a local parcel delivery service. The company keeps detailed records relating to operating costs of trucks, and has found that if a truck is driven 122,000 kilometres per year, the operating cost is 8.5 cents per kilometre. This cost increases to 9.25 cents per kilometre if a truck is driven 72,000 kilometres per year. Required: Estimate the cost formula for truck operating costs using the high-low method. Accessibility: Investigate Focus E
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- The Mayflower Transport Company operates a fleet of delivery trucks in the Ottawa area. It has been determined that if a truck is driven 105,000 kilometers over a one year period the average operating cost is $0.114 per kilometer. If a truck is driven only 70,000 kilometers annually, the operating costs increases to $0.134 per kilometer. a) Using the high-low method, estimate the variable and fixed cost elements of the annual cost of truck operation. b) Using the formula Y=a + bX, present the fixed and variable costs. c) If a truck were driven 80,000 kilometers over a one year period, what total cost would your expect to be incurred?119. Unified Parcel, Inc., operates a local parcel delivery service. The company keeps detailed records relating to operating costs of trucks, and has found that if a truck is driven 110,000 miles per year the operating cost is 7.5 cents per mile. This cost increases to 8.75 cents per mile if a truck is driven 60,000 miles per year. Required: Estimate the cost formula for truck operating costs using the high-low method.BBMLOVESLENI Company operates a fleet of delivery trucks in Luzon. The company has determined that if a truck is driven 105,000 kilometers during a year, the average operating cost is P11.40 per kilometer. If a truck is driven only 70,000 kilometers during a year, the average operating cost increases to P13.40 per kilometer. Assuming that in a given year, a truck were driven 80,000 kilometers, what total cost would you expect to be incurred? * A. P1,012,000 B. P1,407,000 C. P1,225,143 D. P1,072,000
- ABC Ltd., operates a fleet of delivery trucks in Singapore. The company has determined that if a truck is driven 138,000 kilometers during a year, the average operating cost is 14.8 cents per kilometer. If a truck is driven only 92,000 kilometers during a year, the average operating cost increases to 18.6 cents per kilometer. Required: 1. Using the high-low method, estimate the variable operating cost per kilometer and the annual fixed operating cost associated with the fleet of trucks. 2. Express the variable and fixed costs in the form Y = a + bx. 3. If a truck were driven 115,000 kilometers during a year, what total operating cost would you expect to be incurred?Flexgen Corporation uses trucks to transport bottles from the warehouse to different retail outlets. Gasoline costs are $0.25 per kilometre driven. Insurance costs are $5,500 per year. Calculate the total costs and the cost per kilometre for gasoline and insurance if the truck is driven (a) 21,000 kilometres per year or (b) 37,000 kilometres per year. Complete the table below. (Round the costs per kilometre to the nearest cent, $X.XX.) Total costs Cost per kilometre (a) Driven 21,000 kilometres (b) Driven 37,000 kilometresCheck my work mode: This shows what is correct or incorrect for the work you have completed so far. It does not indicate completic Hoi Chong Transport, Limited, operates a fleet of delivery trucks in Singapore. The company has determined that if a truck is driven 105,000 kilometers during a year, the average operating cost is 11.4 cents per kilometer. If a truck is driven only 70,000 kilometers during a year, the average operating cost increases to 13.4 cents per kilometer. Required: 1. Using the high-low method, estimate the variable operating cost per kilometer and the annual fixed operating cost associated with the fleet of trucks. 2. Express the variable and fixed costs in the form Y = a +bX. 3. If a truck were driven 80,000 kilometers during a year, what total operating cost would you expect to be incurred? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Answer is complete but not entirely correct. If a truck were driven 80,000…
- following are the cost data associated with water purification devices. a.The initial cost of one device 20,000 b. The cost of transporting one device = %3D 4% of the initial cost of the device. c. The cost of installing the device and connecting it to the water 8% of the cost of the device. d. Profit margin ratio 20% of the total cost of a single device. e. Requited: Calculate the sales price of the device including transportation, installation and connection to water, using cost-based pricing.Estimating a cost function, high-low method. Reisen Travel offers helicopter service from suburban towns to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Each of its 10 helicopters makes between 1,000 and 2,000 round-trips per year. The records indicate that a helicopter that has made 1,000 round-trips in the year incurs an average operating cost of $350 per round-trip, and one that has made 2,000 round-trips in the year incurs an average operating cost of $300 per round-trip. Using the high-low method, estimate the linear relationship y = a + bX , where y is the total annual operating cost of a helicopter and X is the number of round-trips it makes to JFK airport during the year. Give examples of costs that would be included in a and in b . 3. If Reisen Travel expects each helicopter to make, on average, 1,200 round-trips in the coming year, what should its estimated operating budget for the helicopter fleet be?Parker Pottery produces a line of vases and a line of ceramic figurines. Each line uses the sameequipment and labor; hence, there are no traceable fixed costs. Common fixed cost equals$30,000. Parker’s accountant has begun to assess the profitability of the two lines and has gathered the following data for last year: Required:1. Compute the number of vases and the number of figurines that must be sold for thecompany to break even.2. Parker Pottery is considering upgrading its factory to improve the quality of its products.The upgrade will add $5,260 per year to total fixed cost. If the upgrade is successful, theprojected sales of vases will be 1,500, and figurine sales will increase to 1,000 units. Whatis the new break-even point in units for each of the products?
- The accounting department at the corporate office has provided you with some historical cost data. Economy rentals cost $17.10 per day while luxury vehicles cost $25.12 per day. Regardless of vehicle type, a rental contract requires $8.90 for reconditioning. Additional vehicles can be delivered from the regional hub at a cost of $35/vehicle, on top of the costs above. Do you have any concerns about using this accounting data to set prices? Hint: Consider the difference between average and marginal cost. In addition to answering the questions above, provide pricing recommendations for economy vehicles for the next four weeks.Feather Friends, Incorporated, distributes a high-quality wooden birdhouse that sells for $20 per unit. Variable expenses are $10 per unit, and fixed expenses total $190,000 per year. Its operating results for last year were as follows: Sales (23,000 units) Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses Operating income Required: Answer each question Independently based on the original data: 1. What is the product's CM ratio? 2. Use the CM ratio to determine the break-even point in sales dollars. 3. Assume this year's total sales increase by $40,000. If the fixed expenses do not change, how much will operating Income Increase? Assume that the operating results for last year were as in the question data. 4-a. Compute the degree of operating leverage based on last year's sales. 4-b. The president expects sales to increase by 16% next year. Using the degree of operating leverage from last year, what percentage Increase in operating Income will the company realize this year?…Philippine Island Tours has incurred the following bus maintenance costs during the recent tourist season. Answer the following: Using the high-low method, determine which month is the highest? Using the high-low method, determine which month is the lowest? Using the high-low method, determine the variable cost per tour mile traveled. (Use this format 0..123) Using the high-low method, determine fixed cost per month (Use this format 10,000) Using the high-low method Develop a formula to express the cost behavior exhibited by the company’s maintenance cost. (Use this format Y=2a+10) Using the high-low method, predict the level of maintenance cost that would be incurring during the month of May when 34,000 tour miles are driven. (Use this format 10,000)