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question 20

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Luther Industries is in the process of selling shares of stock in an auction IPO.At the end of the bidding period,Luther's investment bank has received the following bids:
-The proceeds from the IPO if Luther is selling 1.25 million shares is closest to:

• A)$20.6 million.
• B)$21.6 million.
• C)$21.1 million.
• D)$20.9 million.

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Value-Added Costs

Expenses incurred by a company that increase the worth of a product or service to a customer, thereby enhancing the product's or service's selling price.

Non-Value-Added Costs

Expenses that do not contribute to adding value or increasing the worth of a product or service from a customer's perspective.

Conversion Costs

The combined costs of direct labor and manufacturing overhead incurred to convert raw materials into finished goods.

Machine Hours

A measure of production output or activity based on the number of hours machinery is in operation, used in cost accounting to allocate expenses to products.