High-Low Method to Determine Fixed Cost and Variable Rate Dohini Manufacturing Company had the following 12 months of data on purchasing cost and number of purchase orders. Purchasing Cost Number of Purchase Orders Month 370 January $18,860 18,065 February March 19,250 April 18,050 May 19,345 June 19,500 July 19,670 August 20,940 September 19,430 20,020 October November 19,800 December 19,340 Required: eBook Calculator Required: 1. Determine the high point and the low point Month with high number of purchase orders Month with low number of purchase orders 2. Calculate the variable rate for purchasing cost based on the number of purchase orders. (Round to the nearest cent.) per purchase order 3. Calculate the fixed monthly cost of purchasing. $ 4. Write the cost formula for the purchasing activity showing the fixed cost and the variable rate. Round variable rate to the nearest cent. Total purchasing cost - $ + ($ 5. If Dohini Manufacturing Company estimates that next month will have 430 purchase orders, what is the total estimated purchasing cost for that month? 6. What if Dohini Manufacturing wants to estimate purchasing cost for the coming year and expects 5,340 purchase orders? What will estimated total purchasing cost be? What is the total fixed purchasing cost? Previous Next > Check My Work AA A 12:09 PM * 10/27/2019 What is the total fixed purchasing cost? Why doesn't it equal the fixed cost calculated in Requirement 3 above? High-Low Method to Determine Fixed Cost and Variable Rate Dohini Manufacturing Company had the following 12 months of data on purchasing cost and number of purchase orders. Purchasing Cost Number of Purchase Orders Month 370 January $18,860 18,065 February March 19,250 April 18,050 May 19,345 June 19,500 July 19,670 August 20,940 September 19,430 20,020 October November 19,800 December 19,340 Required: eBook Calculator Required: 1. Determine the high point and the low point Month with high number of purchase orders Month with low number of purchase orders 2. Calculate the variable rate for purchasing cost based on the number of purchase orders. (Round to the nearest cent.) per purchase order 3. Calculate the fixed monthly cost of purchasing. $ 4. Write the cost formula for the purchasing activity showing the fixed cost and the variable rate. Round variable rate to the nearest cent. Total purchasing cost - $ + ($ 5. If Dohini Manufacturing Company estimates that next month will have 430 purchase orders, what is the total estimated purchasing cost for that month? 6. What if Dohini Manufacturing wants to estimate purchasing cost for the coming year and expects 5,340 purchase orders? What will estimated total purchasing cost be? What is the total fixed purchasing cost? Previous Next > Check My Work AA A 12:09 PM * 10/27/2019 What is the total fixed purchasing cost? Why doesn't it equal the fixed cost calculated in Requirement 3 above