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Caitlin Riordan
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Ross Corporation produces a single product. The company has direct materials costs of $8 per unit, direct labor costs of $6 per unit, and manufacturing overhead of $10 per unit. Sixty percent of the manufacturing overhead is for fixed costs. In addition, variable selling and administrative expenses are $2 per unit, and fixed selling and administrative expenses are $3 per unit at the current activity level. Assume that direct labor is a variable cost.Under variable costing, the unit product cost is:

A) $24 per unit
B) $20 per unit
C) $18 per unit
D) $21 per unit

Variable Costing

An accounting method that only considers variable costs - costs that change with production volume - in calculating the cost of goods sold.

Direct Materials Costs

The expenses for raw materials that are directly used in the manufacturing of a product.

  • Develop a comprehension of the fundamental elements of variable costing and their impact on financial analysis.
  • Calculate product unit costs by employing both absorption and variable costing frameworks.
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