A Department's Budgeted Output for a 4-Week Period Was 500

question 91

Multiple Choice

A department's budgeted output for a 4-week period was 500 units at a standard cost of $100 per unit. The actual production was 450 units and the firm's ledger revealed actual costs for the month to be $50 200. The standard production cost for the period is

• A) $50 000.
• B) $50 200.
• C) $45 000.
• D) insufficient information to determine.

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