
Cobalt Co. is producing 18 small industrial trucks per month at a total cost of $396,000...
1. A firm is planning to hire another worker and in total this will cost them $12 per hour. They expect the worker to bring in revenue from extra sales of $18 per hour. They should hire the worker. T/F 2. When a firm produces another unit of output the total cost rises from $700 to $820. It was a good decision to produce this unit. T/F 3. Which of these are an economic decision? a.) Bill saves 10% of...
Suppose ABC Corp. is producing newsprint in a perfectly competitive industry. We have the following information about the firm's production: - output (Q) = 1500 tonnes per month - average total cost (ATC) = $627 per tonne - average variable cost (AVC) = $614 per tonne - marginal revenue (MR) = $620 per tonne - marginal cost (MC) = $620 per tonne Suppose ABC Corp. chooses to temporarily halt production in its current period. Is this a profit-maximizing choice for...
A company determined that the budgeted cost of producing a product is $30 per unit. On June 1, there were 80,000 units on hand, the sales department budgeted sales of 300,000 units in June, and the company desires to have 120,000 units on hand on June 30. The budgeted cost of goods manufactured for June would be ________________ 18. A company has budgeted direct materials purchases of $300,000 in July and $480,000 in August. Past experience indicates that the company...
Elfalan Corporation produces a single product. The cost of producing and selling a single unit of this product at the company's normal activity level of 53,000 units per month is as follows: Per Unit Direct materials $ 49.10 Direct labor $ 9.40 Variable manufacturing overhead $ 2.40 Fixed manufacturing overhead $ 19.90 Variable selling & administrative expense $ 4.40 Fixed selling & administrative expense $ 21.00 The normal selling price of the product is $112.10 per unit. An order has...
Julison Company produces a single product. The cost of producing and selling a single unit of this product at the company's normal activity level of 60,000 units per month is as follows: The normal selling price of the product is $79.80 per unit. An order has been received from an overseas customer for 2.000 units to be delivered this month at a special discounted price. This order would have no effect on the company's normal sales and would not change the...
David owns and operates a small bicycle shop. The cost of operating the shop each month includes rent = $400, utilities (electricity, water, etc.) = $150, and equipment and supplies = $450. To run the shop, David gave up a job at the grocery store where he earned $2,000 each month. Total revenue of the shop each month is $3,000. Based on this information, David is making: O Aloss each month. Accounting profit = $2,000 and economic profit - $2,000....
1. Ralph owns a small pizza restaurant, where he works full-time in the kitchen. His total revenue last year was $100,000, and his rent was $3,000 per month. He pays his one employee $2,000 per month, and the cost of ingredients and overhead averages $500 per month. Ralph could earn $35,000 per year as the manager of a competing pizza restaurant nearby. His total explicit costs for the year were a. $24,000. b. $66,000. c. $72,000. d. $60,000. e. $6,000....
18 & 19 (Joint Cost Allocation Physical Units Method) Blake's Blacksmith Co, produces two types of shotguns, a 12-gauge and 20-gauge. The shotguns are made through a joint production process that ultimately produces 30 12-gauge shotguns and 20 20-gauge shotguns and costs a total of $4.000 per batch. After the split-off point, each type of shotgun goes through an additional crafting process before it is sold. Determine the amount of joint production costs allocated to each type of shotgun using...
2. A profit-maximizing business incurs an economic loss of S30,000 per month. Its fixed cost is S20,000 per month. a) Should this firm produce or shut down in the short run? Explain. Should it stay in the industry or exit in the long run? Explain. b) Suppose instead that this business has a fixed cost of S35,000 per month. Should it produce or shut down in the short run? Explain. Should it stay in the industry or exit in the...
1.Say an economy is producing on its production possibilities frontier (PPF) with a combination of 0 units of clothing and 100 units of food. This combination is an example of Select one: Neither productive efficiency or allocative efficiency Productive efficiency but probably not allocative efficiency Allocative efficiency but probably not productive efficiency Both productive efficiency and allocative efficiency 2. Consider a perfectly competitive firm with an average total cost (ATC) of $26 and an average variable cost (AVC) of $18....