Resource Airplane Flight Total Cost

Hours

Airplane depreciation:

High 44,000 $ 18,600,000

Low 28,000 $ 18,600,000

Fuel:

High 44,000 445,896,000

Low 28,000 283,752,000

Airplane maintenance:

High 44,000 15,952,000

Low 28,000 12,168,000

Required:

Use the high-low method to answer the following questions. If an answer is zero, enter "0". If required, round your answers to nearest dollar.

1.What is the variable rate for airplane depreciation?

What is the fixed cost for airplane depreciation?

$

2.What is the cost formula for airplane depreciation?

Total cost of airplane depreciation = $

3.What is the variable rate for fuel?

$per flight hour

What is the fixed cost for fuel?

$

4.What is the cost formula for fuel?

Total cost of fuel = $xNumber of airplane flight hours

5.What is the variable rate for airplane maintenance?

$per flight hour

What is the fixed cost for airplane maintenance?

$

6.What is the cost formula for airplane maintenance?

Total cost of airplane maintenance = $

+ ( $Number of airplane flight hours

)

7.Using the three cost formulas that you developed, predict the cost of each resource in a month with 36,000 airplane flight hours. (Note: Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Total cost of airplane depreciation$Total cost of fuel$Total cost of airplane maintenance$