Aero Travel Trailer Manufacturing is working on budgeting utility cost.  The controller has decided that utilities are a function of the hours worked during the month. The following information is available and representative of the company’s utility costs:  - Hours worked Utility cost incurred Low point 1,300 $ 903 High point 1,680 1,074 If 1,425 hours are worked in a month, total utility cost (rounded to the nearest dollar) using the high-low method should be Group of answer choices $947. $959. $954. $976.

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Aero Travel Trailer Manufacturing is working on budgeting utility cost.  The controller has decided that utilities are a function of the hours worked during the month. The following information is available and representative of the company’s utility costs:

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Hours worked
Utility cost incurred
Low point
1,300
$ 903
High point
1,680
1,074


If 1,425 hours are worked in a month, total utility cost (rounded to the nearest dollar) using the high-low method should be

Group of answer choices
$947.
$959.
$954.
$976.
 
 
 
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