Mema Company makes motorcycles. Management wants to estimate overhead costs to plan its operations. A recent trade publication revealed that overhead costs tend to vary with machine hours. To check this, they collected the following data for the past 12 months. (See the picture for the table) Compute for the: 1. If the plant is planning to operate at a level of 200 machine hours next period, what would be the estimated overhead costs?

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Mema Company makes motorcycles. Management wants to estimate overhead costs to plan its operations. A recent trade publication revealed that overhead costs tend to vary with machine hours. To check this, they collected the following data for the past 12 months.

(See the picture for the table)

Compute for the:

1. If the plant is planning to operate at a level of 200 machine hours next
period, what would be the estimated overhead costs?

Months
Machine Hours
Overhead Costs
P4,500
4225
1
175
2
170
160
4,321
5,250
4,800
5,100
4,450
4
190
5
175
200
7
160
8.
150
4,200
5,475
4,760
4,325
3,975
9.
210
10
180
11
170
12
145
Transcribed Image Text:Months Machine Hours Overhead Costs P4,500 4225 1 175 2 170 160 4,321 5,250 4,800 5,100 4,450 4 190 5 175 200 7 160 8. 150 4,200 5,475 4,760 4,325 3,975 9. 210 10 180 11 170 12 145
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