ElecHuit Inc

question 55

Multiple Choice

ElecHuit Inc. is in the process of determining whether to purchase a high-capacity machine to make textbooks for the upcoming school year. The high-capacity machine will generate fixed costs of $11,000 per year versus the $2,500 fixed costs of using a low-capacity machine. The variable costs per unit when using the high-capacity machine will be $32. The firm will charge $62 for each textbook and has determined that the high-capacity machine will maximize pretax operating cash flow if sales are greater than 850 books. What is the variable cost per unit under the low-capacity machine scenario?

• A) $25
• B) $42
• C) $35
• D) $89

Calculate a firm's total economic costs including explicit and implicit costs.

Differentiate between accounting and economic profits.

Apply the law of diminishing marginal returns to short-run production scenarios.

Determine the effect of changes in input or output levels on a firm's cost and revenue.

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Definitions:

Absorption Costing

An accounting practice where the cost of a product is calculated by including all expenses from manufacturing, like direct materials, direct labor, and both variable and fixed overheads.

Unit Product Cost

The total cost (fixed and variable) assigned to a unit of product, determining its cost of production per unit.

Variable Costing

An accounting method that only allocates variable costs to products, excluding fixed overhead costs.

Net Operating Income

The profit generated from a company's core business operations, excluding expenses and revenues that are unrelated to the primary activities of the business.