In: Accounting
Shum Manufacturing, which uses the high-low method, makes a
product called Kwan. The company incurs three different cost types
(A, B, and C) and has a relevant range of operation between 2,700
units and 12,000 units per month. Per-unit costs at two different
activity levels for each cost type are presented below.
Type A | Type B | Type C | Total | |||||||||||||||
5,400 | units | $ | 4 | $ | 7 | $ | 5 | $ | 16 | |||||||||
8,100 | units | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 | |||||||||||||
The cost formula that expresses the behavior of Shum’s total cost
is:
Multiple Choice
Y = $0 + $16X.
Y = $21,600 + $18X.
Y = $48,600 + $7X.
Y = $37,800 + $4X.
Y = $54,000 + $6X.