The Management of Kizer Corporation Would Like to Set the Selling

question 29

Multiple Choice

The management of Kizer Corporation would like to set the selling price on a new product using the absorption costing approach to cost-plus pricing.The company's accounting department has supplied the following estimates for the new product: Management plans to produce and sell 8, 000 units of the new product annually.The new product would require an investment of $1, 580, 000 and has a required return on investment of 10%. The absorption costing unit product cost is:

• A)$59
• B)$86
• C)$55
• D)$75

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