A Firm Produces and Sells Two Products, Plus and Max

question 122

Multiple Choice

A firm produces and sells two products, Plus and Max. The following information is available relating to setup costs (a part of factory overhead) : Using direct labor hours as the allocation base, the setup cost portion of overhead that is allocated to each unit of product for Plus and Max, respectively is:

• A) $.80; $.80.
• B) $3.20; $3.20.
• C) $4.00; $4.00.
• D) $160.00; $12,800.00.
• E) $200.00; $16,000.00.

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Definitions:

Economic Profit

A rephrasing of economic profits; it represents the financial gain exceeding the total costs, considering both explicit and implicit costs.

Per-unit Profit

The profit earned by a company for each unit of product sold, calculated by subtracting the cost of producing one unit from the selling price of one unit.

Purely Competitive Firm

A business that operates in a market where there are many buyers and sellers, the products are homogenous, and there are no barriers to entering or exiting the market.

Maximize

To increase to the greatest possible amount or degree, often used in the context of optimizing outcomes such as profit, efficiency, or utility in various fields.