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Nickolas Rentals offers machine rental services for concrete cutting. Consider the following costs of the company over the relevant range of 5,000 to 8,000 hours of operating time for its concrete cutting equipment.

Hours of Operating Time

	5,000	6,000	7,000	8,000
Total Costs:
Variable Costs	$ 40,000	?	?	?
Fixed Costs	168,000	?	?	?
Total Costs	$208000	?	?	?
Cost per hour:
Variable cost	?	?	?	?
Fixed cost	?	?	?	?
Total cost per hour	?	?	?	?

What are the estimated total costs at a volume of 6,000 hours?

	$25.00
	$28.00
	$32.00
	$37.60