Use the information below to answer the following two questions:

Melville Inc. is a manufacturing company whose total manufacturing overhead $($MOH$)$ costs fluctuate somewhat from month to month according to the number of machine$-$hours worked in its production facility. These costs for the last four months are given below.

$\backslash$table$[[,$Machine$-$hours,Total MOH$],[$October$,6,500,$$$9,800,],[$November$,9,000,$$$,70,500],[$December$,5,000,$$$,55,000],[$January$,10,000,$$$,70,000]]$

The manufacturing overhead costs above consist of rent, indirect materials, and utilities. The company has analyzed these costs at the $5,000$ machine$-$hours level of activity as follows:

$\backslash$table$[[\backslash$table$[[$Rent $($fixed$)],[$Indirect Materials $($variable$)],[$Utilities $($mixed$)],[$Total factory overhead costs$]],,30,000],[,14,500],[,],[$$$,55,000]]$

$5$ Melville expects that it will work for $7,000$ machine$-$hours in February. Using the high$-$low method, how much is the estimated utilities cost in February? $($Round to the nearest dollars.$)$

$\backslash$table$[[$A$.,$$$31,000$