Using High$-$Low to Calculate Predicted Total Variable Cost and Total Cost for Budgeted Output

Pizza Vesuvio makes specialty pizzas. Data for the past $8$ months were collected:

Month Labor Cost Employee Hours

January $$6,800400$

February $$9,699590$

March $$7,940700$

April $$9,587650$

May $$8,290520$

June $$7,331390$

July $$9,290610$

August $$7,250350$

Assume that this information was used to construct the following formula for monthly labor cost.

Total Labor Cost $=$ $$6561+($$$1\mathrm{.}97$ x Employee Hours$)$

Required:

Assume that $715$ employee hours are budgeted for the month of September. Use the total labor cost formula for the following calculations:

$1.$ Calculate total variable labor cost for September. Round your answer to nearest whole number.

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$2.$ Calculate total labor cost for September. Round your answer to nearest whole number.

$fill in the blank $2$