Forever Ready Company expects to operate at 90% of productive capacity during May. The total manufacturing costs for May for the production of 40,500 batteries are budgeted as follows: Direct materials $446,100 Direct labor 164,000 Variable factory overhead 46,000 Fixed factory overhead 92,000 Total manufacturing costs $748,100 The company has an opportunity to submit a bid for 2,000 batteries to be delivered by May 31 to a government agency. If the contract is obtained, it is anticipated tha the additional activity will not interfere with normal production during May or increase the selling or administrative expenses. What is the unit cost below which Forever Ready Company should not go in bidding on the government contract? Round your answer to two decimal places. per unit
Forever Ready Company expects to operate at 90% of productive capacity during May. The total manufacturing costs for May for the production of 40,500 batteries are budgeted as follows: Direct materials $446,100 Direct labor 164,000 Variable factory overhead 46,000 Fixed factory overhead 92,000 Total manufacturing costs $748,100 The company has an opportunity to submit a bid for 2,000 batteries to be delivered by May 31 to a government agency. If the contract is obtained, it is anticipated tha the additional activity will not interfere with normal production during May or increase the selling or administrative expenses. What is the unit cost below which Forever Ready Company should not go in bidding on the government contract? Round your answer to two decimal places. per unit
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Forever Ready Company expects to operate at 90% of productive capacity during May. The total manufacturing costs for May for the production of 40,500 batteries are
budgeted as follows:
Direct materials
$446,100
Direct labor
164,000
Variable factory overhead
46,000
Fixed factory overhead
92,000
Total manufacturing costs
$748,100
The company has an opportunity to submit a bid for 2,000 batteries to be delivered by May 31 to a government agency. If the contract is obtained, it is anticipated that
the additional activity will not interfere with normal production during May or increase the selling or administrative expenses.
What is the unit cost below which Forever Ready Company should not go in bidding on the government contract? Round your answer to two decimal places.
$
per unit](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fad4fb8dd-d137-4575-b266-e8ce9213e6a0%2F9cf95acf-e0a1-4ac0-8846-492fa17fd5ba%2F6m06cfq_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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Forever Ready Company expects to operate at 90% of productive capacity during May. The total manufacturing costs for May for the production of 40,500 batteries are
budgeted as follows:
Direct materials
$446,100
Direct labor
164,000
Variable factory overhead
46,000
Fixed factory overhead
92,000
Total manufacturing costs
$748,100
The company has an opportunity to submit a bid for 2,000 batteries to be delivered by May 31 to a government agency. If the contract is obtained, it is anticipated that
the additional activity will not interfere with normal production during May or increase the selling or administrative expenses.
What is the unit cost below which Forever Ready Company should not go in bidding on the government contract? Round your answer to two decimal places.
$
per unit
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