Question 1: Management accounting and business environment and cost concepts 25 MARKS a. Dhaka Limited has provided the following data regarding its distribution expenses over the last few months.

	Boxes delivered	Distribution expense
May	54,000	$436,000
June	42,000	$342,000
July	46,000	$370,000
August	56,000	$454,000
September	48,000	$380,000
October	44,000	$360,000
November	50,000	$390,000
December	60,000	$468,000

i. At a recent meeting, the companys management team was trying to determine whether the Distribution Expense (as indicated in the above Table) is a variable, fixed, or mixed cost. In that meeting, Jonas Martin a Marketing Manager made the following statement: I believe Distribution Expense is a variable expense. This is because I can see that when the number of boxes delivered varies in a month, the distribution expense also varies for that month. Do you agree or disagree with Jonass statement? Explain your answers. [Maximum word limit: 270 words]

(9 marks)

ii. The company estimates that in the coming January, it will deliver 75,000 boxes. Using the high-low method, what will be the total delivery cost?

(9 marks)

Plz, just answer Question ii