Milden Company has an exclusive franchise to purchase a product from the manufacturer and distribute it on the retail level. As an aid in planning, the company has decided to start using a contribution format income statement. To have data to prepare such a statement, the company has analyzed its expenses and has developed the following cost formulas: Cost Cost of good sold Advertising expense Sales commissions Shipping expense Administrative salaries Insurance expense Depreciation expense Cost Formula $20 per unit sold $170.000 per quarter 5% of sales $80,000 per quarter $9.000 per quarter $50,000 per quarter Management has concluded that shipping expense is a mixed cost, containing both variable and fixed cost elements. Units sold and the related shipping expense over the last eight quarters follow. Units Sold Shipping Expense Quarter Year 1: First Second Third Fourth Year 2 First Second Third Fourth 16,000 18,000 23.000 19,000 $160,000 $175,000 $217,000 $180,000 17,000 20,000 25,000 22,000 $170,000 $185.000 $232,000 $208,000 Milden Company's president would like a cost formula derived for shipping expense so that a budgeted contribution format income statement can be prepared for the next quarter. Required: 1. Using the high-low method, estimate a cost formula for shipping expense based on the data for the last eight quarters above. Shipping E xpense Units Sold High activity level Low activity level Change per unit Variable cost per unit Fixed cost element 2. In the first quarter of Year 3, the company plans to sell 21,000 units at a selling price of $50 per unit. Prepare a contribution format income statement for the quarter. (Do not round your intermediate calculations.) Milden Company Budgeted Contribution Format Income Statement For the First Quarter, Year 3 Variable expenses: Total variable expenses Fixed expenses Total foxed expenses