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

question 45

Multiple Choice

Use the information below to answer the following question(s) .Following a strategy of product differentiation, Luke Company makes a high-end Appliance, AP15.Luke Company presents the following data for the years 1 and 2. Luke Company produces no defective units but it wants to reduce direct materials usage per unit of AP15 in year 2.Manufacturing conversion costs in each year depend on production capacity defined in terms of AP15 units that can be produced.Selling and customer-service costs depend on the number of customers that the customer and service functions are designed to support.Neither conversion costs or customer-service costs are affected by changes in actual volume.Luke Company has 46 customers in year 1 and 50 customers in year 2.The industry market size for high-end appliances increased 5% from year 1 to year 2.
-What is the Luke Company's cost effect of price-recovery component?

• A)$126,000 favourable
• B)$126,000 unfavourable
• C)$241,000 unfavourable
• D)$420,000 favourable
• E)$238,000 unfavourable

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Definitions:

Long Run

In economics, a period in which all factors of production and costs are variable, allowing all inputs to be adjusted.

Average Variable Cost

The total variable costs of production divided by the quantity of output produced, representing the cost per unit of output.

Total Revenue

The complete sum of funds a company acquires from selling goods or offering services over a specified time period.

Operating Profit

The profit earned from a firm's core business operations, excluding deductions of interest and taxes.