Principles of Accounting Volume 2
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Chapter 10, Problem 13MC
Mallory’s Video Supply has changed its focus tremendously and as a result has dropped the selling price of DVD players from $45 to $38. Some units in the work-in-process inventory have costs of $30 per unit associated with them, but Mallory can only sell these units in their current state for $22 each. Otherwise, it will cost Mallory $11 per unit to rework these units so that they can be sold for $38 each. How much is the financial impact if the units are processed further?
A. $5 per unit profit
8. $16 per unit profit
C. $3 per unit loss
D. $12 per unit loss
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Mallory’s Video Supply has changed its focus tremendously and as a result has dropped the selling price of DVD players from $45 to $38. Some units in the work-in-process inventory have costs of $30 per unit associated with them, but Mallory can only sell these units in their current state for $22 each. Otherwise, it will cost Mallory $11 per unit to rework these units so that they can be sold for $38 each. How much is the financial impact if the units are processed further?
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these units in their current state for $22 each. It will cost Zanatech $11 per unit to rework these units so that they can be sold for $38
each. How much is the financial impact if the units are processed further?
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