Outdoor Living Company Has Just Received a Special Order for 500

question 62

Multiple Choice

Outdoor Living Company has just received a special order for 500 hammocks.Outdoor Living has sufficient idle capacity to accept the order.Accepting the order will increase Outdoor Living's variable manufacturing costs.Which type of cost is considered a sunk cost to Outdoor Living's decision whether to accept or reject the special order?

• A) Raw materials to make the 500 hammocks
• B) Labor cost to make the 500 hammocks
• C) Depreciation on equipment that would be used to make the hammocks
• D) Materials handling cost

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