Estimate how much of the $$233,740$ of overhead cost in July was maintenance cost. $($Hint: to do this, it may be helpful to fir: determine how much of the $$233,740$ consisted of utilities and supervisory salaries. Think about the behavior of variable an costs.$)$

Using the high$-$low method, estimate a cost formula for maintenance in the form $Y=a+bx.$

Express the company's total overhead cost in the form $Y=a+bx$

What total overhead cost would you expect to be incurred at an activity level of $43,000$ machine$-$hours?

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Estimate how much of the $$233,740$ of overhead cost in July was maintenance cost. $($Hint: to do this, it may be helpful to first determine how much of the $$233,740$ consisted of utilities and supervisory salaries. Think about the behavior of variable and fixed costs.$)$

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations.

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Maintenance cost in July

Nova Company's total overhead cost at various levels of activity are presented below:

$\backslash$table$[[$Month$,$Machine$-$Hours,$\backslash$table$[[$Total Overhead$],[$Cost$]]],[$April$,46,690,$$$188,14e$