Zhang Industries Budgets Production of 300 Units in June and 310

question 15

Multiple Choice

Zhang Industries budgets production of 300 units in June and 310 units in July. Each finished unit requires 4 pounds of raw material K, which costs $5 per pound. Each month's ending inventory of raw materials should be 30% of the following month's budgeted production. The June 1 raw materials inventory has 360 pounds of raw material K. Compute budgeted cost of purchases for raw material K for June.

• A) $4,400.
• B) $6,200.
• C) $6,000.
• D) $6,100.
• E) $6,060.

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Definitions:

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

The portion of manufacturing costs that do not vary with the level of production, such as salaries of supervisors and rent for factory buildings.

Variable Costing

A costing method that includes only variable production costs in the cost of goods sold, excluding fixed manufacturing overhead.

Absorption Costing

A method of product costing that captures all costs associated with manufacturing a product, including overhead expenses.

Variable Production Costs

Variable production costs fluctuate with the level of production output and include expenses like raw materials and labor directly tied to the production process.