Gabbert Company, Which Has Only One Product, Has Provided the Following

question 29

Multiple Choice

Gabbert Company, which has only one product, has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations:
$\begin{array}{|l|r|}\hline \text { Selling price } & \$ 90 \\\hline \text { Units in beginning inventory } & 0 \\\hline \text { Units produced } & 3,600 \\\hline \text { Units sold } & 3,400 \\\hline \text { Units in ending inventory } & 200 \\\hline \text { Variable costs per unit: } & \\\hline \text { Direct materials } & \$ 23 \\\hline \text { Direct labour } & \$ 11 \\\hline \text { Variable manufacturing overhead } & \$ 2 \\\hline \text { Variable selling and administrative } & \$ 8 \\\hline \text { Fixed costs: } & \\\hline \text { Fixed manufacturing overhead } & \$ 93,600 \\\hline \text { Fixed selling and administrative } & \$ 61,200 \\\hline\end{array}$

-What was the total contribution margin for the month under the variable costing approach?

• A) $62,800.
• B) $95,200.
• C) $156,400.
• D) $183,600.

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Definitions:

Profit-maximizing Output

The level of production at which a firm can achieve the highest possible profit, determined by where marginal cost equals marginal revenue.

Resource Allocation

The process of distributing available resources among various competing needs or uses to maximize overall benefit.

MR = MC Output

The optimal production level for a firm where marginal revenue (MR) equals marginal cost (MC), used to maximize profit.

Profit Maximizing

The strategy or method of adapting manufacturing and sales processes to secure the maximum achievable profit.