The following information applies to the questions displayed below) Caiman Distribution Partners is the Brazilian distribution company of a US consumer products firm. Inflation in Brazil has made bidding and budgeting difficult for marketing managers trying to penetrate some of the country's rural regions. The company expects to distribute 450,000 cases of products in Brazil next month. The controler has classified operating costs fexcluding costs of the distributed product as fotos Account Operating cost Supplies $ 1596.000 All variable Supervision 235,000 $145.000 Fred Truck expense 1310.000 $ 172.000 Fred Building leases 866.000 $ 552,000 Fixed Uites 234.000 $112.000 Fred Warehouse labor 855.000 $ 121000 Fred Equipment leases 770,000 $ 589.000 Red Data processing equipment 956,000 All feed Other 861.000 $ 356,000 Red Total $7683,000 Although overhead costs were related to revenues throughout the company, the experience in Brazilsuggested to the managers that they should incorporate information from a published index of Baril prices in the distribution sector to forecast overhead in a manner more likely to capture the economics of the business Following instructions from the corporate offices, the controller's office in Biel collected the following information for monthly operations from last year Month Price Index Operating costs 1 255.000 $5.09.13 2 335.000 112 5.805.672 3 256.000 109 5.349.999 4 435.000 129 5,927651 5 141000 113 380.000 124 6.04 7 460 000 S529 8 483.000 6.133902 123 . 341.000 143 6126.964 418.000 134 6.66.659 11 400 000 5,200.833 12 484000 143 6,362.209 These data are considered representative for both past and future operations intrat 00 10.00 points MacBook Pro