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Laconic Company manufactures ultra sound equipment. Based on past experience, La

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Question

Laconic Company manufactures ultra sound equipment. Based on past experience, Laconic has found that total annual repair and maintenance cost can be represented by the following formula: total annual repair and maintenance cost = $205,000 + $7.50x, where x = machine hours. Last year, Laconic incurred 145,000 machine hours.

Required: Enter all amounts as positive numbers.

A. What was the total repair and maintenance cost incurred by Laconic last year?
$1292500

B. What was the total fixed repair and maintenance cost incurred by Laconic last year?
$205000

C. What was the total variable repair and maintenance cost incurred by Laconic last year?
$

D. What was the repair and maintenance cost per machine hour last year? Round your answer to two decimal places.
$

E. What was the fixed repair and maintenance cost per machine hour last year? Round your answer to two decimal places.
$

F. What was the variable repair and maintenance cost per machine hour last year? Round your answer to two decimal places.
$

Explanation / Answer

Total Annual Repair & maintenance Costs = 205000+7.5X Machine Hours= 145000 A. Total Cost = 205000+7.5*145000 $1,292,500 B. Fixed Repair & Maintenance Cost = $ 205000 C. Total Variable Repair & Maintenance Cost = 7.5*145000 $1,087,500 D. Repair & Maintenance cost per hour = Total/ No of hours 1292500/145000 $ 8.91 per hour E. Fixed Repair & Maintenance cost per hour Total Cost/ Total Machine Hours 205000/145000 $ 1.41 per hour F. Variable Repair & Maintenance cost per hour = $ 7.5 per hour