1.Jonathan Macintosh is a highly successful Pennsylvania orchardman who has formed his own company to produce and package applesauce. Apples can be stored for several months in cold storage, so applesauce production is relatively uniform throughout the year. The recently hired controller for the firm is about to apply the high-low method in estimating the company's energy cost behavior. The following costs were incurred during the past 12 months:

Pinta of Applesauce Month Produced Energy Cost January 120,000 $71, 700 February 78,000 67,800 March 81,000 69, 000 April 87,000 69,600 May 105,000 70, 200 June 111, 000 70, 800 July 135,000 71, 400 August 105,000 69,900 September 105,000 70,500 October 99,000 69,600 November 138,000 73, 800 December 132,000 71, 950Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Predict the energy cost for a month in which 89,000 pints of applesauce are produced. Energy cost Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Use the high-low method to estimate the company's energy cost behavior and express it in equation form. Use the formula Y = a + bX, where Y denotes energy cost for a month and X denotes pints of applesauce produced. (Round coefficient of X to 2 decimal places.) Total energy cost = X Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Classify each cost item as variable, fixed, or semivariable. Depreciation schedules revealed that monthly depreciation on buildings and equipment is $19,000. Fixed b. Inspection of several invoices from meat packers indicated that meat costs the company $1.10 per pound of sausage produced. Variable C. Wage records showed that compensation for production employees costs 50.70 per pound of sausage produced. Variable Payroll records showed that supervisory salaries total $10,000 per month. Fixed B. Utility bills revealed that the company incurs utility costs of $4,000 per month plus $0.20 per pound of sausage produced. Semivariable Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Write a cost formula to express the cost behavior of the firm's production costs. (Use the formula Y = 2 + bX, where Y denotes production cost and X denotes quantity of sausage produced.) (Round coefficient of X to 2 decimal places.) Production cost per month = X Miles Traveled by Month Tour Buses Cost November 15, 150 18, 700 real December 17,500 19,000 January 19, 850 19, 150 February 24, 100 19, 600 March 31, 600 20, 350 April 13, 600 18, 100Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Use the high-low method to estimate the variable cost per tour mile traveled and the fixed cost per month. (Round "Variable cost per tour mile" to 3 decimal places.) Variable cost per tour mile real Fixed cost per month real Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Develop a formula to express the cost behavior exhibited by the company's maintenance cost. (Round "Variable cost per tour mile" to 3 decimal places.) Maintenance cost per month = real + real X Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Predict the level of maintenance cost that would be incurred during a month when 45,000 tour miles are driven. Maintenance cost real Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Using the high-low method, analyze Metcalf's plant maintenance cost and calculate the monthly fixed portion and the variable cost per direct-labor hour. (Round your "Variable cost per hour" answer to 2 decimal places.) Variable cost per hour Fixed cost per month Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Assume that present cost behavior patterns continue into the latter half of the year. Estimate the total amount of manufacturing overhead the company can expect in November if 29,100 direct-labor hours are worked. Manufacturing overhead cost