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Dotterel Corporation uses the variable cost concept of product pricing. Below is cost information for the production and sale of 35,000 units of its sole product. Dotterel desires a profit equal to an 11.2% rate of return on invested assets of $350,000.
The variable cost per unit for the production and sale of the company's product is
Fixed |
$105,000 |
Fixed selling and administrative costs | 35,000 |
Variable direct materials cost per unit | 4.34 |
Variable direct labor cost per unit | 5.18 |
Variable factory overhead cost per unit | 0.98 |
Variable selling and administrative cost per unit | 0.70 |
The variable cost per unit for the production and sale of the company's product is
a.$9.80
b.$12.60
c.$14.00
d.$11.20
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