THE Company is a highly automated manufacturer. At an activity level of 6,000 machine hours, total overhead costs equal $240,000. Of this amount, depreciation, a fixed costs, totaled $80,000; Lubrication, a variable cost, totaled $72,000; and utilities, a mixed cost, totaled $88,000. At an activity level of 9,000 machine hours, the utilities cost totaled $112,000. Assume 7,600 machine hours are budgeted for next year. The total expected overhead cost for next year would be equal to: $236,000 $252,800 $272.000 $276,000 $293,300 $304,000 o none of the above choices are correct