5) The Akron Slugger Company produces various types of wooden baseball bats. It has
calculated the average cost per unit of a production level of 7,500 bats to be $10.00. If
$22,500 of the total costs are fixed, what is the variable cost of producing each bat?
A) $10.00
B) $52,500
C) $7.00
D) $3.00
6) Compute the missing amounts.
Miami Company Orlando Company
Sales $ 300,000 (D)
Cost of Goods Sold
Beginning Inventory (A) 65,000
Purchases and Freight-In 119,000 (E)
Cost of goods available for sale (B) 192,000
Ending inventory 5,000 3,000
Cost of goods sold 115,000 (F)
Gross Margin 185,000 124,000
Selling and Administrative Expenses (C) 90,000
Operating Income 32,000 (G)
7) The unemployment rate is high in the city in which a company has a factory. The
company finds that they are able to pay new employees a lower wage per hour than
when the unemployment rate was lower a year ago. Which variance would be directly
impacted?