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Hoi Chong Transport, Ltd., operates a fleet of delivery trucks in Singapore. The company has determined that if a truck is driven 111,000 kilometers during

Hoi Chong Transport, Ltd., operates a fleet of delivery trucks in Singapore. The company has determined that if a truck is driven 111,000 kilometers during a year, the average operating cost is 12.2 cents per kilometer. If a truck is driven only 74,000 kilometers during a year, the average operating cost increases to 14.1 cents per kilometer.

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Using the high-low method, estimate the variable and fixed cost elements of the annual cost of the truck operation. (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round the Variable cost per kilometer to 3 decimal places and Fixed cost answer to nearest whole dollar amount.)

Kilometers Total Annual
Driven Cost
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Variable cost per kilometer ?????? per kilometer
Fixed cost per year

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