KM Company is preparing a flexible budget for next year and requires a breakdown of the factory maintenance cost into
the
fixed and variable elements.
The maintenance cost and machine hours (the selected cost driver) for the past six months are as follows:
Maintenance Cost Machine Hours
January 15,500 1,800
February 10,720 1,230
March 15,100 1,740
April 15,840 2,190
May 14,800 1,602
June 10,600 1,590