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2-35 (15–20 min.) Interpretation of statements (continuation of 2-34).
1. How would the answer to Problem 2-34 be modified if you were asked for a schedule of cost
of goods manufactured and sold instead of a schedule of cost of goods manufactured? Be
specific.
2. Would the sales manager’s salary (included in marketing, distribution, and customer-service
costs) be accounted for any differently if the Howell Corporation were a merchandising-
sector company instead of a manufacturing-sector company? Using the flow of
manufacturing costs outlined in Exhibit 2-9 (page 43), describe how the wages of an
assembler in the plant would be accounted for in this manufacturing company.
3. Plant supervisory salaries are usually regarded as manufacturing overhead costs. When might
some of these costs be regarded as direct manufacturing costs? Give an example.
4. Suppose that both the direct materials used and the plant and equipment depreciation are
related to the manufacture of 1 million units of product. What is the unit cost for the direct
materials assigned to those units? What is the unit cost for plant and equipment depreciation?
Assume that yearly plant and equipment depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis.
5. Assume that the implied cost-behavior patterns in requirement 4 persist. That is, direct
material costs behave as a variable cost and plant and equipment depreciation behaves as a
fixed cost. Repeat the computations in requirement 4, assuming that the costs are being
predicted for the manufacture of 1.2 million units of product. How would the total costs be
affected?
6. As a management accountant, explain concisely to the president why the unit costs differed
in requirements 4 and 5.
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