Question: Can you help me with this. Explain and show your math and explanations. Hoi Chong Transport, Ltd., operates a fleet of delivery trucks in Singapore.

Can you help me with this. Explain and show your math and explanations.

Hoi Chong Transport, Ltd., operates a fleet of delivery trucks in Singapore. The company has determined that if a truck is driven 114,000 kilometers during a year, the average operating cost is 12.7 cents per kilometer. If a truck is driven only 76,000 kilometers during a year, the average operating cost increases to 14.8 cents per kilometer.

Required:

1. Using the high-low method, estimate the variable and fixed cost elements of the annual cost of the truck operation. (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round the Variable cost per kilometer to 3 decimal places and Fixed cost answer to nearest whole dollar amount.)

Kilometers Total Annual
Driven Cost
High Level of activity
Low Level of activity
change $
Variable cost per kilometer per kilometer
Fixed cost per year

2. Express the variable and fixed costs in the form Y = a + bX. (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round the Variable cost per kilometer to 3 decimal places.)

Y= + X

3. If a truck were driven 95,000 kilometers during a year, what total cost would you expect to be incurred? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Total annual cost

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