The Lawn Company provides commercial landscaping services in San Diego. The firms owner wants to develop cost
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1. The overhead developed from the least square regression is different from her preliminary estimate of $18 per direct labor hour. Explain the difference in the two overhead rates.
2. Prepare a bid for a 50,000 square feet project under both cost formulas. Assume that the 50,000 square foot job would require a month’s time and that the monthly fixed overhead is $4,367 ($52,400/12).
3. Which one would you recommend to be used for the project?
4. If the owner does not feel comfortable with the fixed/variable cost relationship that currently exists, could she do something about it? Come up with a managerial recommendation on how to deal with this situation?
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10th edition
Authors: Ronald Hilton, David Platt
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