Problem $9$

Jerm $7$ Corporation is preparing a flexible budget and desires to$.$ separate its

electricity expense, which is semi$-$variable and fluctuates with total machine hours,

into its fixed and variable components. Information for the first three months of

$2022$ is as follows:

Requirements:

Compute the variable rate per machine hour.

Compute the fixed portion of Jem $7\text{'}$s electricity expense.

Compute the total manufacturing costs if Jem $7\text{'}$s actual machine

hours used is $4,500.$