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A contractor has the following historical costs, expressed in $10°, for the last 4 years:
Year
Cp (Cost of Production) Co (Office overhead)
$12 m
a (Job overhead)
$240 m
$7.0 m
$14 m
$13 m
2
$320 m
$5.6 m
$280 m
$8.0 m
$300 m
$15 m
$7.6 m
a) Calculate office and job overhead rates Ro=Co/Cp and Rj=Cj/Cp, and determine
the rates (i.e. Ro and Rj) for year 5. (Hint: Use linear regression to estimate Ro and
Rj for year 5).
b) If in year 5 a project is estimated to have a direct labor and material cost of $150
million, then calculate the total overhead amount.
3.
Transcribed Image Text:A contractor has the following historical costs, expressed in $10°, for the last 4 years: Year Cp (Cost of Production) Co (Office overhead) $12 m a (Job overhead) $240 m $7.0 m $14 m $13 m 2 $320 m $5.6 m $280 m $8.0 m $300 m $15 m $7.6 m a) Calculate office and job overhead rates Ro=Co/Cp and Rj=Cj/Cp, and determine the rates (i.e. Ro and Rj) for year 5. (Hint: Use linear regression to estimate Ro and Rj for year 5). b) If in year 5 a project is estimated to have a direct labor and material cost of $150 million, then calculate the total overhead amount. 3.
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