Capity Tea Products Has an Exclusive Contract with British Distributors

question 77

Multiple Choice

Capity Tea Products has an exclusive contract with British Distributors. Calamine and Capity are two brands of teas that are imported and sold to retail outlets. The following information is provided for the month of March:

Budgeted and actual fixed corporate-sustaining costs are $1,850 and $2,300, respectively. For the contribution margin, what is the total flexible-budget variance?

• A) $840 favorable
• B) $206 favorable
• C) $634 favorable
• D) $634 unfavorable

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Definitions:

Perfect Competition

A market structure characterized by a large number of small firms, homogeneous products, free entry and exit, and perfect information, leading to firms being price takers.

Diminishing Marginal Returns

A principle stating that as more of a variable input is added to a fixed input, the additional output from each new unit of input will eventually decrease.

Profit-Maximizing Output

The level of production at which a firm achieves the highest possible profit, where marginal cost equals marginal revenue.

Sergei's Profit

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