During Its First Year of Operations, Carlos Manufacturing Corporation Incurred

question 20

Multiple Choice

During its first year of operations, Carlos Manufacturing Corporation incurred the following costs to produce 8,000 units of its only product: The company also incurred the following costs in selling 7,500 units of product during its first year: Assume that direct labor is a variable cost. If Carlos' absorption costing net operating income for this first year is $118,125, what would its variable costing net operating income be for this first year?

• A)$86,000
• B)$90,000
• C)$104,125
• D)$146,250

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Definitions:

Incremental Cost

The additional cost that arises from producing one more unit of a good or service.

Cash Flows

The inflows and outflows of cash and cash equivalents, representing the operational, investing, and financing activities of a business.

Post-audit

The evaluation process conducted after a project's completion to assess its actual performance against planned objectives and costs.

Accounting Rate of Return

A financial metric that measures the return on investment expected from a project or asset, calculated as the average annual profit divided by the initial investment cost.