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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 $15,680. The booth will be open 32 hours during the trade show. Ms. Ortega also plans to add a new product line, ProOffice, which will cost $188 per package. She will continue to sell the existing product, EZRecords, which costs $108 per package. Ms. Ortega believes that the salesperson will spend approximately 22 hours selling EZRecords and 10 hours marketing ProOffice.
Required
Determine the estimated total cost and cost per unit of each product, assuming that the salesperson is able to sell 88 units of EZRecords and 43 units of ProOffice.
Determine the estimated total cost and cost per unit of each product, assuming that the salesperson is able to sell 204 units of EZRecords and 99 units of ProOffice.
a. Determine the estimated total cost and cost per unit of each product, assuming that the salesperson is able to sell 88 units of EZRecords and 43 units of ProOffice.
Total Cost = Fixed Cost + Variable Cost
Fixed Cost = $15,680
Variable Cost = cost of making a unit of output × number of units produced.
Variable Cost of EzRecords products = 108*88= $9,504
Variable Cost of proOffice products = 188*43= $8,084
Fixed Cost for EzRecords = (22/32)*15680= $10780
Fixed Cost for ProOffice = (10/32)*15680= $4900
Total cost for EzRecords = 10780+9504= 20,284
Total Cost for ProOffice = 4900+8084= 12,984
Cost per unit for EzRecords = (total cost of production)/(total units produced)
20,284/ 88= 230.50
Cost per unit of ProOffice =
12,984/43= 301.95
b. Determine the estimated total cost and cost per unit of each product, assuming that the salesperson is able to sell 204 units of EZRecords and 99 units of ProOffice.
Total Cost = Fixed Cost + Variable Cost
Fixed Cost = $15,680
Variable Cost = cost of making a unit of output × number of units produced.
Variable Cost of EzRecords products = 108*204= $22,032
Variable Cost of proOffice products = 188*99= $18,612
Fixed Cost for EzRecords = (22/32)*15680= $10780
Fixed Cost for ProOffice = (10/32)*15680= $4900
Total cost for EzRecords = 10780+22032= 32,812
Total Cost for ProOffice = 4900+18612= 23,512
Cost per unit for EzRecords = (total cost of production)/(total units produced)
32812/ 204= 160.84
Cost per unit of ProOffice =
23512/99= 237.49
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