Your Snow Removal's cost formula for its vehicle operating cost is $1,750 per month plus $484 per snow-day. For the month of November, the company planned for activity of 15 snow-days, but the actual level of activity was 14 snow-days. The actual vehicle operating cost for the month was $8,360. The vehicle total operating cost in the flexible budget for November would be closest to:

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Your Snow Removal's cost formula for its vehicle operating cost is $1,750 per month plus $484 per snow-day. For the month of November, the company planned for activity of 15 snow-days, but the actual level of activity was 14 snow-days. The actual vehicle operating cost for the month was $8,360. The vehicle total operating cost in the flexible budget for November would be closest to:  

 

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