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Mountain Dental Services is a specialized dental practice whose only service is filling cavities. Mountain has recorded the following for the past nine months: Month

Mountain Dental Services is a specialized dental practice whose only service is filling cavities. Mountain has recorded the following for the past nine months:

Month Number of Cavities Filled Total Cost
January 525 $6,100
February 650 6,000
March 550 6,100
April 475 5,850
May 400 5,250
June 625 6,400
July 600 6,350
August 300 5,000
September 700 6,600

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1. Use the high-low method to estimate total fixed cost and variable cost per cavity filled.

2. Using these estimates, calculate Mountains total cost for filling 450 cavities.

Fixed Cost
Variable Cost per cavity filled

Estimated Total Cost

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