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Crosshill Company's total overhead costs at various levels of activity are presented below. Month April Machine-Hours 70,000 Total Overhead Cost May June July 60,000 80,000 90,000 $203,200 $181,800 $224,600 $246,000 Assume that the overhead cost above consists of utilities, supervisory salaries, and maintenance. The breakdown of these costs at the 60,000-machine-hour level of activity in May is as follows: Utilities (variable) Supervisory salaries (fixed) Maintenance (mixed) Total overhead cost $51,000 21,000 109,800 $181,800 The company wants to break down the maintenance cost into its variable and fixed cost elements. Required: 1. Estimate how much of the $246,000 of overhead cost in July was maintenance cost. (Hint: To do this, first determine how much of the $246,000 consisted of utilities and supervisory salaries. Think about the behaviour of variable and fixed costs within the relevant range.) (Round the "Variable cost per unit" to 2 decimal places.) Maintenance cost in July
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