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Adams Company’s cost and production data for two recent months included the following:
March | April | |||||
Production (units) | 300 | 600 | ||||
Rent | $ | 1,700 | $ | 1,700 | ||
Utilities | $ | 400 | $ | 800 | ||
Required
Separately calculate the rental cost per unit and the utilities cost per unit for both March and April.
Identify which cost is variable and which is fixed.
Separately calculate the rental cost per unit and the utilities cost per unit for both March and April. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
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Identify which cost is variable and which is fixed.
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March | April | |||||||||
Rent cost per unit | $ 5.67 | $ 2.83 | ||||||||
Utility cost per unit | $ 1.33 | $ 1.33 | ||||||||
Rent cost | Fixed cost | |||||||||
Utility cost | Variable cost | |||||||||
Workings: | ||||||||||
March | April | |||||||||
Rent | $ 1,700 | / | 300 | = | $ 5.67 | $ 1,700 | / | 600 | = | $ 2.83 |
Utilities | $ 400 | / | 300 | = | $ 1.33 | $ 800 | / | 600 | = | $ 1.33 |