The manager of the main laboratory facility at CenterHealth Center is interested in being able to predict the overhead costs each month for the lab. The manager believes that total overhead varies with the number of lab tests performed but that some costs remain the same each month regardless of the number of lab tests performed. The lab manager collected the following data for the first seven months of the year. (Click the icon to view the data.) Use the high-low method to determine the laboratory's cost equation for total laboratory overhead. Use your results to predict total laboratory overhead if 3,100 lab tests are performed next month. Let's begin by determining the formula that is used to calculate the variable cost (slope). = Variable cost (slope) C Data table Month January..... February.... March... April........ May ******** June......... July........ Number of Lab Tests Performed 2,700 2,500 3,500 4,000 4,600 2,000 2,250 Total Laboratory Overhead Costs $22,900 $23,500 $29,800 $32,500 $31,100 $22,000 $19,100 - X

The manager of the main laboratory facility at CenterHealth Center is interested in being able to predict the overhead costs each month for the lab. The manager believes that total overhead varies with the number of lab tests performed but that some costs remain the same each month regardless of the number of lab tests performed. The lab manager collected the following data for the first seven months of the year. (Click the icon to view the data.) Use the high-low method to determine the laboratory's cost equation for total laboratory overhead. Use your results to predict total laboratory overhead if 3,100 lab tests are performed next month. Let's begin by determining the formula that is used to calculate the variable cost (slope). = Variable cost (slope) C Data table Month January..... February.... March... April........ May ******** June......... July........ Number of Lab Tests Performed 2,700 2,500 3,500 4,000 4,600 2,000 2,250 Total Laboratory Overhead Costs $22,900 $23,500 $29,800 $32,500 $31,100 $22,000 $19,100 - X

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