A Company's Production Process Has an 80 Percent Learning Curve

question 35

Multiple Choice

A company's production process has an 80 percent learning curve rate.The process has produced 1,000 units to date.A process refinement is estimated to allow a future learning curve rate for the identical product of 75 percent.However,the initial unit made using the new process will take the same amount of time as the initial unit produced using the old process.At what point,using the new process,will the production rate exceed the production rate achieved by the old process?

• A)By the 50^th unit
• B)By the 80^th unit
• C)By the 100^th unit
• D)By the 120^th unit
• E)By the 250^th unit

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Definitions:

Depreciation Rate

The rate at which an asset's value is reduced over time for accounting and tax purposes.

Asset Retirement Obligation

A legal obligation associated with the retirement of a tangible long-lived asset, where the entity is required to remove or dispose of the asset.

Contra-Liability Account

An account that decreases the balance of a related liability account, representing a credit balance in the liability section of the balance sheet.