Chamiching Makes Hacksaw Blades In the First Year,variable Costs Accounted for Half of the First

question 10

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Chamiching makes hacksaw blades.Inventory values are determined using the first in,first out (FIFO) method.Production and sales data for the first three years appear below. $\begin{array}{c}\text { Hacksawblades} &&\text {Sold} &\text {Produced }\\\text { Yr 1 } & & 18,000 & 22,000 \\\text { Yr } 2 & & 25,000 & 23,000 \\\text { Yr } 3 & & 37,000 & 35,000\end{array}$
$$\begin{array}{l}\quad \text { Salas price}\quad \text { Full cost }\\\begin{array} { l l l } Yr 1 & \$ 10.00 & \$ 6.00 \\Yr 2 & \$ 11.00 & \$ 6.60 \\Y r 3 & \$ 12.00 & \$ 7.60\end{array}\end{array}$$ In the first year,variable costs accounted for half of the full costs.Total fixed production costs increased each subsequent year by 20%,as a result of step-fixed costs and a general inflationary price increase.
For Chamiching,which of the following is true?

• A)The variable cost of Yr 2 ending inventory is $6,887
• B)The full cost of Yr 2 ending inventory is double the variable cost ending inventory
• C)There are 3,000 hacksaw blades in ending inventory
• D)The fixed cost per unit in Yr 3 is $2.72
• E)None of the choices are correct

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