Use the Following Information to Answer the Question(s)below

question 44

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.Consider the following four alternatives:
1.$132 received in two years.
2.$160 received in five years.
3.$200 received in eight years.
4.$220 received in ten years.
-The ranking of the four alternatives from most valuable to least valuable if the interest rate is 6% per year would be:

• A)1,2,3,4.
• B)1,3,2,4.
• C)4,3,1,2.
• D)3,4,2,1.

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Definitions:

Single Plantwide Overhead Rate

A cost allocation method that applies the same overhead rate to all products, regardless of the department where they were produced or the amount of overhead they actually incurred.

Machine Hours

A metric used to allocate manufacturing overhead costs to individual products based on the number of hours the machines are run to produce them.

Fabrication Department

A division or unit within a manufacturing firm dedicated to the assembly or production of goods, where raw materials are transformed into finished products.

Multiple Department Rate System

An accounting system used to allocate indirect costs to individual departments based on varying rates, reflecting the different resource usage in each department.