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In an attempt to improve budgeting, the controller for Engersol, Inc., has developed a flexible budget for overhead costs. Engersol, Inc., makes two types of products, commercial floor cleaners and household floor cleaners. The company expects to produce 400,000 units of the commercial cleaner and 150,000 units of the household cleaner during the coming year. The commercial cleaner requires 0.05 direct labor hour per unit, and the household cleaner requires 0.08. The controller has developed the following cost formulas for each of the four overhead items: Required: 1. Prepare an overhead budget for the expected activity level for the coming year. 2. Prepare an overhead budget that reflects production that is 10 percent higher than expected (for both products). Prepare an overhead budget for production that is 20 percent lower than expected. 3. Which of the four data analytic types-descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, or prescriptive-is being used in creating the three flexible budgets? (See Exhibits 2.5 and 2.6, pp. 37 , 40 , for a review of data analytic types.) The flexible budgets are used to determine how well the company will do under various sales scenarios