Describe What Is Meant by the Direct Costs of a Program

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Essay

Describe what is meant by the direct costs of a program (for example, a fire prevention program) and why it is important to distinguish direct costs from indirect costs.

Identify the outcomes of simultaneous shifts in both supply and demand curves on equilibrium price and quantity.

Understand the significance of equilibrium in achieving allocative efficiency in markets.

Understand the historical significance of slave rebellions, including the Amistad case and its Supreme Court decision.

Knowledge of key figures in the abolition of slavery and their contributions, such as Harriet Tubman.

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Definitions:

Activity-Based Costing

A costing method that assigns overhead and indirect costs to specific activities, enhancing cost precision.

Overhead Cost

Indirect costs of business operations, such as lighting, rent, and administrative salaries, not directly tied to a specific product or service.

Activity Rates

Used in activity-based costing, these rates are applied to specific activities to allocate costs accurately to products or services based on their consumption of those activities.

Traditional Costing Method

A costing methodology that allocates factory overhead to products based on the volume of production resources they consume.