A Company Has the Following Information for Its First Month

question 92

Multiple Choice

A company has the following information for its first month of operations: $$\begin{array} { l r } \text { Raw materials used } & \$ 25,000 \\\text { Sales } \$ 65 \text { per unit) } & \$ 78,000 \\\text { Direct labor } & \$ 42,000 \\\text { Variable factory overhead } & \$ 17,000 \\\text { Fixed factory overhead } & \text { unknown } \\\text { Variable selling and administrative } & \$ 3,000 \\\text { Fixed selling and administrative } & \$ 5,000 \\\text { Gross profit } & \$ 30,000 \\\text { Contribution margin } & \text { unknown } \\\\\text { Ending inventories: }\\\\\text { Raw materials } & \$ 7,000 \\\text { WIP } & \text { none } \\\text { Finished goods } & 1,200 \text { units }\end{array}$$ The cost of goods sold under variable costing is_____.

• A)$42,000
• B)$96,000
• C)$48,000
• D)$84,000

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Definitions:

Accounting Insolvency

A situation where a company's total liabilities exceed its total assets, indicating difficulties in meeting financial obligations.

M&M Proposition I

Modigliani and Miller Proposition I states that under certain market conditions (no taxes, no bankruptcy costs), the value of a firm is not affected by how it is financed, whether by debt or equity.

Static Theory

Static Theory refers to economic theories or models that do not account for changes in the economy over time, analyzing a fixed point instead.