Mendota Foods sells a variety of food products around the world. The company engages directly with individuals with an interest in b$.$ Using the high$-$low method, estimate call center costs for a month when call center volume is expected to be $62,500$ calls.

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to nearest whole dollar amount.

Call center costs

cooking by offering ideas and recipes in various staff blogs and podcasts. The management team at Mendota believes this drives

brand loyalty and allows Mendota to charge a premium for its products.

One initiative that Mendota has been running for the last three years is a call center with staff who can provide help and answer

questions about cooking in general and Mendota products in particular. The chief financial officer is interested in learning more about

the costs of this initiative and how they vary with the demands placed on the center. To help answer the question, the financial staff

have collected call center volume $($number of calls$)$ and call center cost for the last $12$ months. The data follow: