Cinco Corporation is a manufacturing company. They produce a wide$-$range of products. They are able to sell well but do not have

a great handle on their costs. Because of this, they are not able to plan accordingly and also not meeting their internal profit goals.

To get a better handle on things, Cinco Corp controller Steve Brule has put you in charge to perform cost analysis. One cost they

are having a particular hard time with projecting is maintenance cost of their machinery and equipment. Based on your

understanding of cost behaviour and the data that is available you decide to use the high$-$low method to analyze the maintenance

costs. Below is the data set you have assembled:

Month Total maintenance cost Maintenance hours

January $$1,30065$

February $$1,32568$

March $$1,42370$

April $$1,12843$

May $$1,50976$

June $$1,68589$

July $$1,800102$

August $$1,775100$

September $$1,74295$

October $$1,23853$

November $$1,19548$

December $$1,07640$

Instructions:

Based on answers from exercises $2\mathrm{.}6$ & $2\mathrm{.}7$ calculate the fixed costs based on the high$-$low method $($round to nearest cent$).$