[The following information applies to the questions displayed below Caiman Distribution Partners is the Brazilian distribution company of a U.S. 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 controller has classified operating costs (excluding costs of the distributed product) as follows: s 140000 Truck expense Building leses 302.50010000 e 760000 800000 Pied $400000 Paed Although overhead costs were related to revenues throughout the company, the experience in Brazil suggested to the managers that they should incorporate information from a published index of Brazilian 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 Brazil collected the following information for monthly operations from last year $57% 929 205 60193 621386 6442 255 These data are considered representative for both past and future operations in Brazil, 8. 10.00 points Required: a-1. Determine the variable cost per case assuming that 450,000 cases will be shipped next month based on the controller's analysis of accounts. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) a-2. Prepare an estimate of operating costs. (Round your intermediate calculations to nearest whole number.) [The following information applies to the questions displayed below Caiman Distribution Partners is the Brazilian distribution company of a U.S. 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 controller has classified operating costs (excluding costs of the distributed product) as follows: s 140000 Truck expense Building leses 302.50010000 e 760000 800000 Pied $400000 Paed Although overhead costs were related to revenues throughout the company, the experience in Brazil suggested to the managers that they should incorporate information from a published index of Brazilian 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 Brazil collected the following information for monthly operations from last year $57% 929 205 60193 621386 6442 255 These data are considered representative for both past and future operations in Brazil, 8. 10.00 points Required: a-1. Determine the variable cost per case assuming that 450,000 cases will be shipped next month based on the controller's analysis of accounts. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) a-2. Prepare an estimate of operating costs. (Round your intermediate calculations to nearest whole number.)