Monticello Corp Manufactures Expensive Tables

question 20

Multiple Choice

Monticello Corp manufactures expensive tables. Its varnishing department is fully automated and requires substantial inspection to keep the machines operating properly. An improperly varnished table is very expensive to correct. Inspection hours for the 5800 tables varnished in September totaled 2000 hours by 12 employees. Eight quarts of varnish were used, on average, for each table. The standard amount of varnish per table is nine quarts. The cost of inspection for September was equal to the budgeted amount of $40,300.
What is the inspection cost per unit? (Round the final answer to the nearest cent.)

• A) $26.19
• B) $6.95
• C) $7.95
• D) $18.99

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