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Hannah Ortega is considering expanding her business. She plans to hire a salesperson to cover trade shows. Because of compensation, travel expenses, and booth rental, fixed costs for a trade show are expected to be $7,500. The booth will be open 30 hours during the trade show. Ms. Ortega also plans to add a new product line, ProOffice, which will cost $150 per package. She will continue to sell the existing product, EZRecords, which costs $100 per package. Ms. Ortega believes that the salesperson will spend approximately 20 hours selling EZRecords and 10 hours marketing ProOffice.
1) Determine the estimated total cost and cost per unit of each product, assuming that the salesperson is able to sell 80 units of EZRecords and 50 units of ProOffice. (Round "Cost per unit" to 2 decimal places.)
2) Determine the estimated total cost and cost per unit of each product, assuming that the salesperson is able to sell 200 units of EZRecords and 100 units of ProOffice.
a) Total Cost = Fixed Cost + Variable Cost
Fixed Cost = $7500
Variable Cost = cost of making a unit of output × number of units produced.
Variable Cost of EzRecords products = $100 × 80 = $8000
Variable Cost of proOffice products = $150 × 50 = $7500
Fixed Cost for EzRecords = (20/30) × 7500 = $5000
Fixed Cost for ProOffice = (10/30) × 7500 = $2500
Variable cost for EzRecords = $8000
Variable cost for ProOffice = $7500
Total cost for EzRecords = Fixed Cost + Variable Cost = $5000 + $8000 = $13000
Total Cost for ProOffice = $2500 + $7500 = $10000
Cost per unit for EzRecords = (total cost of production)/(total units produced) = 13000/(80) = $162.50
Cost per unit of ProOffice = 10000/50 = $200.00
b) Total Cost = Fixed Cost + Variable Cost
Fixed Cost = $7500
Variable Cost = cost of making a unit of output × number of units produced.
Variable Cost of EzRecords products = $100 × 200 = $20000
Variable Cost of proOffice products = $150 × 100 = $15000
Fixed Cost for EzRecords = (20/30) × 7500 = $5000
Fixed Cost for ProOffice = (10/30) × 7500 = $2500
Variable cost for EzRecords = $20000
Variable cost for ProOffice = $15000
Total cost for EzRecords = Fixed Cost + Variable Cost = $5000 + $20000 = $25000
Total Cost for ProOffice = $2500 + $15000 = $17500
Cost per unit for EzRecords = (total cost of production)/(total units produced) = 25000/(200) = $125.00
Cost per unit of ProOffice = 17500/100 = $175.00
Answer:
a) Total Cost for EzRecords = $13000
Cost per unit of EzRecords = $162.50
Total Cost for ProOffice = $10000
cost per unit of ProOffice = $200.00
b) Total Cost for EzRecords = $25000
Cost per unit of EzRecords = $125.00
Total Cost for ProOffice = $17500
cost per unit of ProOffice = $175.00