Trumball Catering served 5,300 meals last month. Trumball recorded the following costs with those meals: Variable costs: Ingredients used Direct labor Indirect materials and supplies Utilities Depreciation on trucks and equipment (straight-line, unit basis) Fixed costs: Managers' salaries Rent Depreciation on equipment (straight-line, time basis) Miscellaneous fixed costs $ 11,500 25,100 11,900 5,290 11,400 $ 35,200 20,700 14,100 6,100 Required: Trumball expects to serve 30 percent more meals in the next month. Unit variable costs are expected to remain unchanged. The controller at Trumball knows that if the business caters over 5,830 meals in a month, the company must hire an additional manage part-time) at a cost of $3,920 for the month. Miscellaneous fixed costs are expected to increase by 15 percent. Calculate the unit cost and the total cost if expectations for costs and volume are met next month. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Unit costs" answer to 2 decimal places.

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