Bob Jones owns a catering company that stages banquets and parties for both individuals and companies. The business is seasonal, with heavy demand during the summer months and year-end holidays and light demand at other times. Bob has gathered the following cost information from the past year:

Month	Labor Hours	Overhead Costs
January	2,500	$54,217
February	2,946	61,661
March	3,003	63,220
April	4,215	67,860
May	4,695	67,704
June	5,653	76,668
July	6,623	74,236
August	7,500	79,364
September	7,222	75,480
October	4,527	71,400
November	3,148	65,856
December	6,764	73,724
Total	58,796	$831,390

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(a) Using the high-low method, compute the overhead cost per labor hour and the fixed overhead cost per month. (Round variable cost to 2 decimal places, e.g. 12.25 and all other answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.)

Variable cost	=	$	per labor hour
Fixed cost	=	$

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