Managers Can Use Contribution Margin to Predict the Change in Operating

question 10

True/False

Managers can use contribution margin to predict the change in operating income when volume changes.

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Definitions:

Unit Product Cost

The total cost incurred to produce, store, and sell one unit of a product, including direct materials, labor, and overhead.

Variable Costing

A financial accounting approach that incorporates only variable production charges (direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead) into the cost structure of products.

Unit Product Cost

The total cost to produce one unit of a product, including direct materials, direct labor, and allocated manufacturing overheads.

Absorption Costing

An accounting method that includes all manufacturing costs - direct labor, direct materials, and both variable and fixed overhead - in the cost of a product.