Marty owns a machine shop. in reviewing the shop's utility bills for the past 12 months, he found that the highest bill of $ 2 comma 600 occurred in august when the machines worked 1 comma 400 machine hours. the lowest utility bill of $ 2 comma 300 occurred in december when the machines worked 900 machine hours. read the requirements requirement 1. use the high-low method to calculate the variable cost per machine hour and the total fixed utility cost. first, calculate the variable cost per machine hour. select the formula labels, then enter the amounts and compute the variable cost per machine hour. (use the high-low method. round your answer to the nearest cent.) /

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?