Scenario 13-6 A Certain Firm Produces and Sells Staplers.Last Year,it Produced 7,000

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Scenario 13-6
A certain firm produces and sells staplers.Last year,it produced 7,000 staplers and sold each stapler for $6.In producing the 7,000 staplers,it incurred variable costs of $28,000 and a total cost of $45,000.
-Refer to Scenario 13-6.In producing the 7,000 staplers,the firm's average fixed cost was

• A) $1.00.
• B) $1.32.
• C) $2.21.
• D) $2.43.

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Definitions:

Variable Costing

Variable costing is an accounting method that only considers variable costs, which change with production levels, in the cost of goods sold and excludes fixed manufacturing overhead.

Income Statement

A financial statement that shows a company's revenues, expenses, and profits over a period of time.

Absorption Costing

An approach to pricing that involves including every manufacturing expense - like direct materials, direct labor, as well as fixed and variable overheads - in calculating the cost of a product.

Income Statement

A financial statement that reports a company’s financial performance over a specific accounting period.