Yehle Inc Regularly Uses Material Y51B and Currently Has in Stock

question 21

Multiple Choice

Yehle Inc. regularly uses material Y51B and currently has in stock 460 liters of the material for which it paid $2,530 several weeks ago. If this were to be sold as is on the open market as surplus material, it would fetch $4.55 per liter. New stocks of the material can be purchased on the open market for $5.45 per liter, but it must be purchased in lots of 1,000 liters. You have been asked to determine the relevant cost of 720 liters of the material to be used in a job for a customer. The relevant cost of the 720 liters of material Y51B is:

• A)$3,924
• B)$5,450
• C)$3,510
• D)$3,276

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Definitions:

Relevant Range

The range of activity over which changes in cost are of interest to management.

Cost Behavior

Cost behavior refers to how different types of production costs change when there is a change in the level of production activity.

Relevant Range

The range of activity within which the assumptions about variable and fixed cost behavior hold true for a given business.

Management Decision-making

This involves the processes and strategies managers use to make choices that direct the organization towards its goals.