Answer:
Fixed Cost = $24,000 Variable cost = $5
Explanation:
You have to use the High-Low method
[tex]$Shipping expense = units sold * variable cost + fixed cost[/tex]
From the table you got, you pick the higher and the lowest unit sold
and calculate the diference between them:
[tex]\left[\begin{array}{ccc}&$Units&$Shipping Expense\\$High&44,400&246,000\\$Low&30,000&174,000\\$Diference&14,400&72,000\\\end{array}\right][/tex]
Now 14,400 Units generates a cost of 72,000 Dividing we get the variable component
[tex]72,000/14,400 = 5[/tex]
Then we calculate for the fixed cost:
[tex]$246,000 = 44,400 * 5 + Fixed Cost[/tex]
Fixed Cost = 24,000