Product Costs Pietro Frozen Foods, Inc., produces frozen pizzas. For next year, Pietro predicts that 50,000 units will be produced, with the following total costs: Direct materials $120,000 Direct labor 60,000 Variable overhead 25,000 Fixed overhead 220,000 Required: If required, round your answers to the nearest cent. 1. Calculate the prime cost per unit. $ per unit 2. Calculate the conversion cost per unit. $ per unit 3. Calculate the total variable cost per unit. $ per unit

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Pietro Frozen Foods, Inc., produces frozen pizzas. For next year, Pietro predicts that 50,000 units will be produced, with the following total costs:

Direct materials $120,000
Direct labor 60,000
Variable overhead 25,000
Fixed overhead 220,000

Required:

If required, round your answers to the nearest cent.

1. Calculate the prime cost per unit.
$ per unit

2. Calculate the conversion cost per unit.
$ per unit

3. Calculate the total variable cost per unit.
$ per unit

4. Calculate the total product (manufacturing) cost per unit.
$ per unit

5. What if the number of units increased to 55,000 and all unit variable costs stayed the same? indicate the impact on the following costs.

a. Total direct materials increases by  10% 

b. Total direct labor increases by  10% 

c. Total variable overhead increases by  10% 

d. Total fixed overhead does not change  no change 

e. Unit prime cost does not change  no change 

f. Unit conversion cost decreases by  less than 10% 

What would the product cost per unit be in this case?
$ per unit

 

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