Twain Services offers leadership training for local companies. It employs three levels of seminar leaders, based on experience, education, and management level being targeted: guru, mentor, and helper. When Twain bids on requests for seminars, it estimates the costs using a set of standardized billing rates. It then adds an estimate for travel, supplies, and so on (referred to as out-of-pocket costs). Next it applies a percentage to the total of seminar leader cost and out-of-pocket cost for general and administrative (G&A) expense. The estimates for each of these elements are shown below:
Guru cost (per hour) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $900
Mentor cost (per hour). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $375
Helper cost (per hour). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100
G&A factor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60%
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Marcus Foundries has asked Twain for a set of seminars for managers at several levels. The bidding manager at Twain estimates that the work will require 10 guru-hours, 125 mentor hours, and 150 helper-hours. She estimates out-of-pocket costs to be $25,000. What is the estimated cost of the proposed seminars, based on these estimates?