Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781337912020
Author: Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Chapter 6, Problem 7E
High-low method
Ziegler Inc. has decided to use the high-low method to estimate the total cost and the fixed and variable cost components of the total cost. The data for various levels of production are as follows:
- A. Determine the variable cost per unit and the total fixed cost.
- B. Based on part (B), estimate the total cost for 115,000 units of production.
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Managerial Accounting
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