Nova Company's total overhead cost at various levels of activity are presented below: Month April May June July Machine- Hours 51,000 41,000 61,000 71,000 Total Overhead Cost $ 219, 740 $ 193,340 $ 246, 140 $ 272,540 Assume that the total overhead cost above consists of utilities, supervisory salaries, and maintenance. The breakdown of these costs at the 41,000 machine-hour level of activity is: Utilities (variable) Supervisory salaries (fixed) Maintenance (mixed) Total overhead cost $ 61,500 70,000 61,840 $ 193, 340 Nova Company's management wants to break down the maintenance cost into its variable and fixed cost elements. Required: 1. Estimate how much of the $272,540 of overhead cost in July was maintenance cost. (Hint: to do this, it may be helpful to first determine how much of the 40 consisted of utilities and supervisory salaries. Think about the behavior of variable costs.) 2. Using the high-low method, estimate a cost formula for maintenance in the form Y = a +bX. 3. Express the company's total overhead cost in the form Y = a + bx. 4. What total overhead cost would you expect to be incurred at an activity level of 46,000 machine-hours? Answer is not complete. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4