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On 3 0 April 2 0 1 7 , you were hired as a management accountant for Foxworthy Manufacturing. Kim Foxworthy, the plant manager, has

On 30 April 2017, you were hired as a management accountant for Foxworthy Manufacturing. Kim Foxworthy, the plant manager, has expressed frustration at the company's inability to accurately forecast total factory overhead using the following formula:
Total factory overhead costs = R20000+ R9X
R2=0.3
Where X = Direct labour hours
The following printout was generated by the data processing department using observations gathered during the past 12 months:
Intercept 48000
Regression coefficients:
Units 34
Setups 12
Engineering hours 5
R20.96
Budgeted activity levels for April:
Units 10000
Setups 200
Engineering hours 50
Direct labour hours 20000
Required:
Provide the following for Kim Foxworthy:
4.1 A new cost formula for estimating factory overhead costs. (5)
4.2 An example of how the formula can be used to estimate costs for the month of April. (2)
4.3 An explanation as to why the previous formula failed to accurately predict factory overhead costs. (3)

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