Lacy Corporation Uses the Absorption Costing Approach to Cost-Plus Pricing

question 30

Multiple Choice

Lacy Corporation uses the absorption costing approach to cost-plus pricing described in the text to set prices for its products. Based on budgeted sales of 86,000 units next year, the unit product cost of a particular product is $81.60. The company's selling and administrative expenses for this product are budgeted to be $1,247,000 in total for the year. The company has invested $360,000 in this product and expects a return on investment of 12%. The markup on absorption cost for this product would be closest to:

• A)12.0%
• B)18.4%
• C)29.8%
• D)17.8%

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Definitions:

Standard Error

A measure of the variability or dispersion of a sample statistic from the population parameter it estimates.

Mean

The average of a set of numerical values, calculated by adding them together and dividing by the number of terms in the set.

Confidence Interval

An interval of values, derived from statistics gathered from a sample, expected to cover the value of a hidden parameter in a population.

Standard Error

A statistic that measures the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population using the standard deviation of the sampling distribution.