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Spring is here, and you know what that means. It's allergy season! Alberta Health Services performs a variety of allergy tests through one of its subsidiaries, Alberta Laboratory Services Inc. They have tracked the number of allergy tests and the related costs over the past several months, as they are trying to determine the mix of fixed and variable costs in order to determine where they can implement cost-savings measures. Cost of Allergy Month Number of Allergy Tests Performed Tests September 2,945 14,425 October 2,400 12,350 November 2,175 $ 10,375 December 2,025 9,500 7 2 January 1,795 8,670 February 1,575 8,400 March 1,990 $ 8,950 April 2,460 12,700 May 2,825 13,650 REQUIRED: a) Using the high-low method, calculate the cost formula for the allergy tests. (6 marks) b) If 3,XXX tests are performed in the month of June, what would you expect the total cost to be? (4 marks) NOTE: You must fill in the last THREE digits of this number based on your student number For example, if your Student Number is T123456, then the number of tests would be 3,456. NOTE re. ROUNDING: Round any calculations to two decimal places