Score 0/4 Your response Exercise 5-1 Fixed and Variable Cost Behavior [LO1] Espresso Express operates a number of espresso coffee stands in busy suburban malls. The fixed weekly expense of a coffee stand is $1‚200 and the variable cost per cup of coffee served is $0.22. Requirement 1: Fill in the following table with your estimates of total costs and cost per cup of coffee at the indicated levels of activity for a coffee stand. (Round average cost per cup of coffee to 3 decimal places. Omit the
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Manufacturing‚ Inc. produces snow shovels. The selling price per snow shovel is $30. There is no beginning inventory. Costs involved in production are: Direct material $5 Direct labor $4 Variable manufacturing overhead $3 Total variable manufacturing costs per unit $12 Fixed manufacturing overhead cost per year $180‚000 In addition‚ the company has fixed selling and administrative costs of $160‚000 per year. Exercise 5-11. During the year‚ Summit produces 50‚000 snow shovels and sells 45‚000
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businesses are transforming labor into a more flexible (and variable) cost. Among such companies are Hewlett-Packard‚ General Electric‚ DuPont‚ Sun Microsystems‚ and British Airways. Discuss whether direct labor is a fixed or a variable cost. What are the pros and cons of management treating direct labor as a variable cost? Are there ethical issues to be considered here? Direct labor can be classified as a fixed cost or a variable cost‚ depending on how flexible the employer needs to be/can be
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marks = ________ % Grade: Question I: Identification: Fill in the blanks the correct answer. You are having a dress shop‚ indicate the proper classification of cost behavior whether it is VARIABLE or FIXED for each of the following items below: |Cost Element |Cost Behavior | |Material used to make shirts |
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Analysis Understand how cost behavior and cost-volume-profit analysis are used by managers. 2 Questions Addressed by CVP Analysis How much must I sell to earn my desired income? How will income be affected if I reduce selling prices to increase sales volume? What will happen to profitability if I expand capacity? 3 Cost-Profit-Volume Analysis What is cost-volume-profit analysis? It is the study of the effects of output volume on revenue (sales)‚ expenses (costs)‚ and net income (net profit)
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Assignment: Fixed Costs‚ Variable Costs‚ and Break-Even Point Exercise 10.1 During the sixth month of the fiscal year‚ the program director of the Westchester Home-Delivered Meals (WHDM) program decides to again recompute fixed costs‚ variable costs‚ and the BEP using the high–low method. Here are the number of meals served and the total costs of the program for each of the first six months: Month Meals Served Total Costs July 3‚500 $20‚500. August 4‚000 $22‚600. September 4‚200 $23
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process‚ beginning: Units in beginning work-in-process inventory | 400 | Materials costs | $6‚900 | Conversion costs | $2‚500 | Percentage complete for materials | 80% | Percentage complete for conversion | 15% | Units started into production during the month | 6‚000 | Units transferred to the next department during the month | 5‚000 | Materials costs added during the month | $112‚500 | Conversion costs added during the month | $210‚300 | Ending work in process: Units in ending work-in-process
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fixed costs‚ semi-fixed costs‚ and variable costs. Fixed costs are those which do not change with the level of activity within the relevant range. These costs will incur even if no units are produced. For example rent expense‚ straight-line depreciation expense‚ etc. Fixed costs are those which do not change with the level of activity within the relevant range. These costs will incur even if no units are produced. For example rent expense‚ straight-line depreciation expense‚ etc. Mixed costs or semi-variable
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Types of Variables Binary variable Obsevations (i.e.‚ dependent variables) that occur in one of two possible states‚ often labelled zero and one. E.g.‚ “improved/not improved” and “completed task/failed to complete task.” Categorical Variable Usually an independent or predictor variable that contains values indicating membership in one of several possible categories. E.g.‚ gender (male or female)‚ marital status (married‚ single‚ divorced‚ widowed). The categories are often assigned numerical
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Assignment: Fixed and Variable Costs‚ Break-Even Point Exercise 10.1 Recompute fixed costs‚ variable costs‚ and the BEP. What are the variable costs? What are the fixed costs? How many meals will the WHDM program need to provide during the fiscal year to reach the BEP? How much profit will the program earn if it completes its 45‚000-meal contract with the City of Westchester? The variable cost of service is $3.93 during the fiscal year the WHDM should provide 1‚011 meals to reach their
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