Table 11-6 Consider the City of Widgetapolis with Only Four Residents, John

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Table 11-6
Consider the city of Widgetapolis with only four residents, John, James, Mary, and Lydia. The four residents are trying to determine how many hours to spend in cleaning up the public lake. The table below shows each resident's willingness to pay for each hour of cleaning. ​
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-​Refer to Table 11-6. Suppose the cost to clean the lake is $8 per hour and that the residents have agreed to split the cost of cleaning the lake equally. The number of cleaning hours that maximizes total surplus of Widgetapolis is 7 hours.

Analyze the impact of variable and fixed manufacturing overhead variances.

Recognize how standard costing systems apply fixed and variable manufacturing overhead costs to products.

Evaluate the financial implications of failing to meet target activity levels.

Determine and interpret fixed manufacturing overhead budget and volume variances.

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