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 as follows:

Month	Labor Cost	Employee Hours
January	$6,800	420
February	$9,699	610
March	$7,940	710
April	$9,587	670
May	$8,290	540
June	$7,331	410
July	$9,290	630
August	$7,250	370

From this data, the following cost formula for monthly labor cost was estimated:

$$\text{Total Labor Cost}=6,499+(2.03\times \text{Employee Hours})text\{Total\; Labor\; Cost\}\; =\; 6,499\; +\; (2.03\; times\; text\{Employee\; Hours\})$$Total Labor Cost=6,499+(2.03×Employee Hours)

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Required:

Assume that 665 employee hours are budgeted for the month of September. Use the above cost formula to answer the following:

1. Calculate the total variable labor cost for September. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
   Answer: $ __________

2. Calculate the total labor cost for September. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
   Answer: $ __________