Answer the Following Questions Using the Information Below

question 58

Multiple Choice

Answer the following questions using the information below:
Monticello Furniture manufactures expensive tables. Its varnishing department is fully automated and requires substantial inspection to keep the machines operating properly. An improperly varnished table is very expensive to correct. Inspection hours for the 5,000 tables varnished in September totaled 1,250 hours by 8 employees. Eight quarts of varnish were used, on average, for each table. The standard amount of varnish per table is nine quarts. The cost of inspection for September was equal to the budgeted amount of $38,000.
-What is the inspection cost per unit?

• A)$30.40
• B)$7.60
• C)$3,800
• D)$4,000

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