Forecast costs at different volumes (Learning Objectives 1, 2)
Perreth Drycleaners has capacity to clean up to 5,000 garments per month.
Requirements 1. Complete the following schedule for the three volumes shown:

2. Why does the average cost per garment change?
3. Suppose the owner, Dan Perreth, erroneously uses the average cost per unit at full capacity to predict total costs at a volume of 2,000 garments. Would he overestimate or underestimate his total costs? By how much?

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2,000 Garments 3,500 Garments 5,000 Garments Total variable costs $2,625 Total fixed costs Total operating costs Variable cost per garment 1.3.3 Fixed cost per garment 2-09 $ 2.00 2.00 Average cost per garment