Suzy's Cool Treatz is a snow cone stand near the local park. To plan for the future, the owner wants to determine her cost behavior patterns. She has the following information available about her operating costs and the number of snow cones served. Month Number of snow Total operating cones Costs 3,500 $5,000 January February $4,800 3,800 March 5,000 $6,800 April 3,600 $5,450 4,700 $6,200 May $5,950 4,250 June Suzy uses the high-low method to determine her operating cost equation. What are her estimated costs at 4,933 snow cones? When calculating the variable cost per unit, round your answer to two decimal places before completing your calculations. Do not use dollar signs, commas or decimals in your answer. Input your answer to the nearest whole number

Suzy's Cool Treatz is a snow cone stand near the local park. To plan for the future, the owner wants to determine her cost behavior patterns. She has the following information available about her operating costs and the number of snow cones served. Month Number of snow Total operating cones Costs 3,500 $5,000 January February $4,800 3,800 March 5,000 $6,800 April 3,600 $5,450 4,700 $6,200 May $5,950 4,250 June Suzy uses the high-low method to determine her operating cost equation. What are her estimated costs at 4,933 snow cones? When calculating the variable cost per unit, round your answer to two decimal places before completing your calculations. Do not use dollar signs, commas or decimals in your answer. Input your answer to the nearest whole number

Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)

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Chapter2: Basic Cost Management Concepts

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Jean and Tom Perritz own and manage Happy Home Helpers. Inc. (HHH), a house-cleaning service. Each cleaning (cleaning one house one time) takes a team of three house cleaners about 1.5 hours. On average, HHH completes about 15,000 cleanings per year. The following total costs are associated with the total cleanings: Next year, HHH expects to purchase 25,600 of direct materials. Projected beginning and ending inventories for direct materials are as follows: There is no work-in-process inventory and no finished goods inventory; in other words, a cleaning is started and completed on the same day. Required: 1. Prepare a statement of cost of services sold in good form. 2. How does this cost of services sold statement differ from the cost of goods sold statement for a manufacturing firm?
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