The Blacksburg Company is separating materials handling cost into fixed and variable components. The following data have been collected over a five-month period ( all amounts are in thousands): Direct Cost of Materials Month Labor Hours Materials Issued Handling Costs 1 4 $7 $1.60 2 5 5 1.70 3 6 4 1.80 4 7 8 1.90 5 8 6 2.00 Required:
(1) Determine the fixed and variable materials handling using direct labor hours as the measure of volume.
(2) Determine the fixed and variable materials handling cost by the method of least squares using direct labor hours as the measure of volume.

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The owners of backstreets italian restaurant are considering starting a delivery service forpizza and their other italian dishes in the small college town where they are located. theycan purchase a used delivery van and have it painted with their name and logo for $21,500.they can hire part-time drivers who will work in the evenings from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. for$8 per hour. the drivers are mostly college students who study at the restaurant when theyare not making deliveries. during the day, there are so few deliveries that the regular employeescan handle them. the owners estimate that the van will last 5 years (365 days per year)before it has to be replaced and that each delivery will cost about $1.35 in gas and othermaintenance costs (including tires, oil, scheduled service, they also estimate that onaverage each delivery order will cost $15 for direct labor and ingredients to prepare andpackage, and will generate $34 in revenue.a. how many delivery orders must backstreets make each month in order for the service to break even? b. the owners believe that if they have approximately the break-even number of deliveries during the week, they will at least double that number on fridays, saturdays, and sundays. if that’s the case, how much profit will they make, at a minimum, from their delivery service each month (4 weeks per month)?

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