Zanatech's Market for Its Remote Control Has Changed Significantly, and Zanatech

question 28

Multiple Choice

Zanatech's market for its remote control has changed significantly, and Zanatech has had to drop the selling price per unit from $45 to $38.There are some units in the work in process inventory that have costs of $30 per unit associated with them.Zanatech can sell these units in their current state for $22 each.It will cost Zanatech $11 per unit to rework these units so that they can be sold for $38 each.A new employee looks at the analysis and exclaims, "We'll lose money with either of these alternatives! Let's just throw these units in the trash!" What effect will this option have on net income?

• A)Profit will decrease by $45 per unit for each unit discarded.
• B)Profit will decrease by $30 per unit for each unit discarded.
• C)Profit will increase by $11 per unit since the completion costs will not have to be incurred.
• D)Profit will decrease by $5 per unit for each unit discarded.

Applying ethical standards across global communities.

Understanding the role and impact of individual actions on ethical standards.

Analyzing the differences between ethical behaviors and legal obligations.

Understand and prepare balance sheets in accordance with GAAP and IFRS.

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Definitions:

Temporal Isolation

A mechanism of reproductive isolation that occurs when two species breed at different times of the day, season, or year, preventing mating.

Habitat Isolation

A form of prezygotic barrier where two species live in different habitats and rarely, if ever, encounter each other.

Mechanical Isolation

an evolutionary mechanism that prevents species from interbreeding due to physical differences in reproductive structures.

Hybrid Inviability

A condition where hybrid offspring fail to develop or reach sexual maturity, reducing gene flow between different species or populations.