Please Help! I have been struggling for hours on this problem and no one I have reached out to has been able to help!PR $6-37($Algo$)$ Cost Behavior and Analysis; High$-$Low Method $($LO $6-2,6-4,6-5)$

Antioch Extraction, which mines ore in Montana, uses a calendar year for both financial$-$reporting and tax purposes. The following

selected costs were incurred in December, the low point of activity, when $1,800$ tons of ore were extracted:

$*$Incurred only in December.

Peak activity of $3,100$ tons occurred in June, resulting in mining labor$/$fringe benefit costs of $$666,500,$ royalties of $$173,000,$ and

trucking and hauling outlays of $$495,385.$ The trucking and hauling outlays exhibit the following behavior:

Less than $1,800$ tons

From $1,800$ to $2,299$ tons

From $2,300$ to $2,799$ tons

From $2,800$ to $3,299$ tons

Antioch uses the high$-$low method to analyze costs.

Required:

Classify the five costs listed in terms of their behavior: variable, step$-$variable, committed fixed, discretionary fixed, step$-$fixed, or

semivariable.

Calculate the total cost for next February when $2,100$ tons are expected to be extracted.

$3-$a$.$ Is hauling $1,800$ tons with respect to Antioch's trucking$/$hauling cost behavior cost$-$effective?

$3-$b$.$ If the company goal is $1,800$ tons, what is the maximum number of tons at which cost$-$effectiveness can be achieved?

Distinguish between committed and discretionary fixed costs. If Antioch were to experience severe economic difficulties, which

the two types of fixed costs should management try to cut?

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Calculate the total cost for next February when $2,100$ tons are expected to be extracted.