Managerial Accounting
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Author: Stacey M Whitecotton Associate Professor, Robert Libby, Fred Phillips Associate Professor
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Chapter 5, Problem 2.2GBP
Estimating Cost Behavior Using Scattergraph, High-Low, and Least-Squares Regression Methods
Sigrid’s Custom Graphics specializes in creating and painting store window advertisement plays. The majority of its business comes from local retailers and fast-food restaurants.
A portion of Leslie’s operating information for the company’s last year follows:
Based on this graph, estimate Sigrid’s total fixed costs per month.
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Java Joe coffees wants to find an equation to estimate monthly utility costs. Java Joe's has been in business for one year and has collected the following cost data for utilities
1.which of the preceding costs is variable? Fixed? Mixed? Explain
2. using the high-low method, determine the cost function for each cost
3. combine the preceding information to get a monthly utility cost function for Java
4. next month, Java's expects to use 2200 kilowatt hours of electricity, make 1500 minutes of telephone calls and use 32000 gallons of water. Estimate total cost of utilities for the month
Month
Electricity
bill
Kilowatt hours used
telefone
telefone
min used
Water
bill
Gallonsof water used
January
$360
1200
$92.00
1100
$60
30560
February
$420
1400
$91.80
1060
$60
26800
March
$549
1830
$94.80
1240
$60
31450
April
$405
1350
$89.60
980
$60
29965
May
$588
1960
$98.00
1400
$60
30568
June
$624
2080…
Cove's Cakes is a local bakery. Price and cost information follows:
Price per cake
Variable cost per cake
Ingredients
Direct labor
Overhead (box, etc.)
Fixed costs per month
Required:
1. Determine Cove's break-even point in units and sales dollars.
2. Determine the bakery's margin of safety in sales dollars if it currently sells 360 cakes per month.
3. Determine the number of cakes that Cove must sell to generate $1,900 in profit.
Required 1 Required 2
$13.81
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2.28
1.07
0.14
3,302.40
Required 3
Break-Even Units
Break-Even Sales Dollars
Determine Cove's break-even point in units and sales dollars.
Note: Round your Break-Even Units answer to the nearest whole number. Round your other intermediate cal
sales dollars answer to 2 decimal places.
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Chapter 5 Solutions
Managerial Accounting
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Ch. 5 - Prob. 11QCh. 5 - Prob. 12QCh. 5 - Prob. 13QCh. 5 - Prob. 14QCh. 5 - Which of the following increases when activity...Ch. 5 - Prob. 2MCCh. 5 - Prob. 3MCCh. 5 - Consider the following information for a local...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5MCCh. 5 - Prob. 6MCCh. 5 - Prob. 7MCCh. 5 - Prob. 8MCCh. 5 - Prob. 9MCCh. 5 - Hathaway Corp, manufactures garden hoses. Last...Ch. 5 - Identifying Cost Behavior Heather Oak is trying to...Ch. 5 - Prob. 2MECh. 5 - Defining Cost Behavior Match each of the following...Ch. 5 - Prob. 4MECh. 5 - Defining Terms for the High-Low Method Indicate...Ch. 5 - Prob. 6MECh. 5 - Prob. 7MECh. 5 - Prob. 8MECh. 5 - Prob. 9MECh. 5 - Prob. 10MECh. 5 - Prob. 11MECh. 5 - Prob. 12MECh. 5 - Prob. 13MECh. 5 - Prob. 14MECh. 5 - Prob. 15MECh. 5 - Prob. 16MECh. 5 - Compare full absorption costing to variable...Ch. 5 - Identifying Cost Behavior Patterns Steve...Ch. 5 - Prob. 2ECh. 5 - Prob. 3ECh. 5 - Prob. 4ECh. 5 - Estimating Cost Behavior Using High-Low Method...Ch. 5 - Prob. 6ECh. 5 - Prob. 7ECh. 5 - Prob. 8ECh. 5 - Prob. 9ECh. 5 - Estimating Cost Behavior Using Scattergraph and...Ch. 5 - Estimating Cost Behavior Using Least-Squares...Ch. 5 - Comparing High-Low Method and Least-Squares...Ch. 5 - Preparing Contribution Margin Income Statement...Ch. 5 - Determining Cost Behavior, Preparing Contribution...Ch. 5 - Prob. 15ECh. 5 - Prob. 16ECh. 5 - Prob. 17ECh. 5 - Prob. 18ECh. 5 - Comparing Full Absorption Costing and Variable...Ch. 5 - Estimating Cost Behavior Using Least-Squares...Ch. 5 - Prob. 1.1GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 1.2GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 1.3GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 1.4GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 1.5GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 1.6GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 2.1GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 2.2GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 2.3GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 2.4GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 2.5GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 2.6GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 2.7GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 3.1GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 3.2GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 3.3GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 3.4GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 3.5GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 4.1GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 4.2GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 4.3GAPCh. 5 - Comparing Full Absorption and Variable Costing...Ch. 5 - Comparing Full Absorption and Variable Costing...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.3GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 6.1GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 6.2GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 6.3GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 6.4GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 6.5GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 6.6GAPCh. 5 - Prob. 1.1GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 1.2GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 1.3GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 1.4GBPCh. 5 - Estimating Cost Behavior Using Scattergraph,...Ch. 5 - Prob. 1.6GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 2.1GBPCh. 5 - Estimating Cost Behavior Using Scattergraph,...Ch. 5 - Prob. 2.3GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 2.4GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 2.5GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 2.6GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 2.7GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 3.1GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 3.2GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 3.3GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 3.4GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 3.5GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 4.1GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 4.2GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 4.3GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 5.1GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 5.2GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 5.3GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 6.1GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 6.2GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 6.3GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 6.4GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 6.5GBPCh. 5 - Prob. 6.6GBP
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