Process a Has Fixed Costs of $1000 and Variable Costs

question 95

Multiple Choice

Process A has fixed costs of $1000 and variable costs of $5 per unit.Process B has fixed costs of $500 and variable costs of $15 per unit.What is the crossover point between process A and process B?

• A)50 units
• B)200 units
• C)$2,500
• D)$5,000
• E)$9,500

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Definitions:

Value-Added Costs

Expenses incurred by a company that increase the worth of a product or service to a customer, thereby enhancing the product's or service's selling price.

Non-Value-Added Costs

Expenses that do not contribute to adding value or increasing the worth of a product or service from a customer's perspective.

Conversion Costs

The combined costs of direct labor and manufacturing overhead incurred to convert raw materials into finished goods.

Machine Hours

A measure of production output or activity based on the number of hours machinery is in operation, used in cost accounting to allocate expenses to products.