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  • Jul 16, 2012, 01:39 PM
    MichelleEm
    Managerial Accounting
    Mozena Corporation manufactures a single product. Monthly production costs incurred in the manufacturing process are shown below for the production of 4,080 units. The utilities and maintenance costs are mixed costs.The fixed portions of these costs are $408 and $272, respectively.

    Production in Units
    4,080

    Production Costs

    Direct Materials $10,200
    Direct labor 20,400
    Utilities 2,448
    Property taxes 1,360
    Indirect labor 6,120
    Supervisory salaries 2,448
    Maintenance 1,496
    Depreciation 3,264


    Calculate the expected costs when production is 6,800 units.
  • Jul 16, 2012, 04:04 PM
    paraclete
    Well go to it
  • Jul 17, 2012, 08:02 AM
    MichelleEm
    I do not understand how to find the expected costs... I have tried multiple things and nothing seems to get me the correct answer..
  • Jul 17, 2012, 03:48 PM
    paraclete
    What you have to do is decide which costs vary with volume and which costs remain static irrespective of volume. I see four items which may vary with volume and four which might not. Given the lack of detail this exercise is highly subjective and what they are looking for is you to apply certain principles both in accounting and in logic. What I don't know is which costing methodology you are studying and this may affect the way the model answer is formulated. Show me your work thus far
  • Jul 18, 2012, 08:45 AM
    MichelleEm
    The formula I am going to try now, which I do not know if it will work is:

    Total Cost= Fixed Costs + (Variable Costs per unit * Units)
  • Jul 18, 2012, 12:39 PM
    paraclete
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by MichelleEm View Post
    The formula I am going to try now, which I do not know if it will work is:

    Total Cost= Fixed Costs + (Variable Costs per unit * Units)

    Yes that would seem appropriate

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