Genvine Spice Inc. began operations on January' of the current year. The company produce eigh$-$tonce bottles of hand and body lotion called Eternal Beauty. The lotion is sold wholesale in $12-$bottle cases for $$100$ percase. There is a selling comission of $$20$ per case. The January direct material, direct labor, and Factory overhead costs are as follow:

Part A$-$Break$-$Even Analysis

The management of Genuine spice inc wants todetermine the numbe of cases require to break even permonth. The utilies cost, which $\text{'}$s part of factory overhead, is a mixed cust. The following information was gathered from the first six months of operation regarding this cos

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Required$-$Part A;

$\backslash$table$[[$Cases Production,Utility Total$],[300,600],[800,660],[1200,740],[1100,720],[950,690],[1025,705]]$

$1$ Determine the fixed and variable portion of the utility cost using the high$-$low method. Do not round your intermediate

$2.$ Determ ine the contribution margin percase. Donot rand your intermediate Calculations and round your final answer to twodeamal place:

$3.$ Determine the fixed costs per month, induding the utility fixed cost part

$4.$ Determtne the breav$-$even number of cases per month