Watrous Corporation Is Developing Standards for a Product

question 27

Essay

Watrous Corporation is developing standards for a product. Each unit of output of the product requires 0.82 kilogram of a particular input. The allowance for waste and spoilage is 0.07 kilogram of this input for each unit of output. The allowance for rejects is 0.09 kilogram of this input for each unit of output.
Required:
Determine the standard kilograms of this input per unit of output. Show your work!

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