Check my work 5 of 3 Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below) Caiman Distribution Partners is the Brazilian distribution company of a U.S. consumer products firm. Inflation in Brazil has made bidding and budgeting difficult for marketing managers trying to penetrate some of the country's rural regions. The company expects to distribute 450,000 cases of products in Brazil next month. The controller has classified operating costs (excluding costs of the distributed product) as follows. pod ook Account Supplies Supervision Truck expense Building leases Utilities Warehouse Labor Equipment leases Data processing equipment Other Total Operating cost $1,729,000 214,000 1,340,000 868,000 224,000 863,000 763,000 927,000 836,000 $7,764,000 Behavior All variable $166,000 Fixed $162,000 Fixed $545,000 Pixed $111.000 Fixed $133,000 Pixed $587,000 Pixed All fixed $343,000 Fixed int onces Although overhead costs were related to revenues throughout the company, the experience in Brazil suggested to the managers that they should incorporate information from a published index of Brazilian prices in the distribution sector to forecast overhead in a manner more likely to capture the economics of the business. Following instructions from the corporate offices, the controller's office in Brazil collected the following information for monthly operations from last year. Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Cases 255,000 323,000 256,000 444,000 328,000 394,000 474,000 488,000 326,000 434,000 420,000 489,000 Price Index 122 116 125 117 118 124 137 138 139 128 126 129 Operating costs $5,699,175 5,806,674 5,849,941 5,927,653 5,939,171 6,043,400 5,918,531 6,133,904 6,126,166 6,186,661 6,208,835 6,362,291 These data are considered representative for both past and future operations in Brazil. 12 420,000 489,000 126 129 6,208,835 6,362,291 These data are considered representative for both past and future operations in Brazil Required: a-1. Determine the variable cost per case assuming that 450,000 cases will be shipped next month based on the controller's analysis of accounts (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) a-2. Prepare an estimate of operating costs. 8-1 Variable cost per case a-2. Estimate of operating cost