The following information is available regarding the total manufacturing overhead of Bursa Mfg. Co. for a recent four-month period.

	Machine- Hours			Manufacturing Overhead
January		5,600		$	310,000
February		3,200			224,000
March		4,900			263,800
April		2,500			180,000

a-1. Use the high-low method to determine the variable element of manufacturing overhead costs per machine-hour. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

a-2. Use the high-low method to determine the fixed element of monthly overhead cost.

b. Bursa expects machine-hours in May to equal 5,300. Use the cost relationships determined in part a to forecast May's manufacturing overhead costs.

c. Suppose Bursa had used the cost relationships determined in part a to estimate the total manufacturing overhead expected for the months of February and March. By what amounts would Bursa have over- or underestimated these costs?

a-1.Manufacturing overhead costper machine hour

-2.a Fixed element of monthly overhead cost.

-2b Estimated manufacturing overhead cost Amount

-c February

-c March