Use the information below to answer the following two questions:

Chamomile Inc. is a manufacturing company whose total manufacturing overhead costs fluctuate somewhat from month to month

according to the number of machine$-$hours worked in its production facility. These costs for the last four months in $2019$ are given

below.

The manufacturing overhead costs above consist of rent, maintenance, and utilities. The company has analyzed these costs at the

$5,000$ machine$-$hours level of activity as follows:

The company also found that the fixed maintenance cost in November was $$4,500.$

$5$ The company expects that it will work for $7,000$ machine$-$hours in January $2020.$ Using the high$-$low method, how much is the

estimated utilities cost in January $2020?($Round to the nearest dollars.$)$

A$.$ $$12,500$

B$.$ $$14,250$

C$.$ $$14,700$

D$.$ $$61,000$

E$.$ None of the above