Marthas Vineyard Marine Supply is a wholesaler for a large variety of boating and fishing equipment The companys controller, Mathew Knight, has recently completed a cost study of the firms material handling department in which he used work measurement to quantify the departments activity The control factor unit used in the work measurement study was hundreds of pounds of equipment unloaded or loaded at the companys loading dock Knight compiled the following data Units of Activity Month (hundreds of pounds of equipment loaded or unloaded) Material Handling Department Costs January 3,000 $ 12,900 February 2,800 12,500 March 2,500 11,850 April 2,200 11,400 May 3,400 12,300 June 3,600 14,350 July 3,200 13,200 August 3,000 12,600 September 3,800 13,560 October 2,300 11,650 November 2,400 12,550 December 2,600 12,550 Predict the firms material handling departments costs for a month when 2,000 units of activity are recorded (Do not round intermediate calculations Round variable cost per unit to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount )

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Marthas Vineyard Marine Supply is a wholesaler for a large variety of boating and fishing equipment. The companys controller, Mathew Knight, has recently completed a

Marthas Vineyard Marine Supply is a wholesaler for a large variety of boating and fishing equipment. The companys controller, Mathew Knight, has recently completed a cost study of the firms material-handling department in which he used work measurement to quantify the departments activity. The control factor unit used in the work-measurement study was hundreds of pounds of equipment unloaded or loaded at the companys loading dock. Knight compiled the following data.

	Units of Activity
Month	(hundreds of pounds of equipment loaded or unloaded)		Material-Handling Department Costs
January		3,000	$	12,900
February		2,800		12,500
March		2,500		11,850
April		2,200		11,400
May		3,400		12,300
June		3,600		14,350
July		3,200		13,200
August		3,000		12,600
September		3,800		13,560
October		2,300		11,650
November		2,400		12,550
December		2,600		12,550

Predict the firms material-handling departments costs for a month when 2,000 units of activity are recorded. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round variable cost per unit to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)