Cost Accounting, Student Value Edition (15th Edition)
Cost Accounting, Student Value Edition (15th Edition)
15th Edition
ISBN: 9780133428858
Author: Charles T. Horngren, Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.27E

1.

To determine

The cost per pound of potato cuts.

Given information:

Raw potatoes is 1,800,000 pounds

Process potatoes is 1,600,000 pounds

Cost of direct material is $231,000

Cost of production support is $1,689,000

Number of unit processed is 1,600,000 pounds.

2.

To determine

The cost per unit of the cost driver in the case of (a) cleaning (b) cutting and (c) packaging activity areas

Given information:

Cost driver for cleaning activities is potatoes raw pound.

Cost driver for cutting activities is potatoes cut per hours.

Cost driver for packing activities is potatoes cut per packing hours.

3.

To determine

The cost per unit pound of (a) retail potatoes and (b) institutional potatoes

Given information:

Direct material cost of retail potatoes cut is $207,900 and institutional potatoes cut is $23,100.

Direct Packing cost of retail potatoes cut is $190,000 and institutional potatoes cut is $9,000.

4.

To determine

The cost difference between the simple costing system and activity based costing and the use of activity based costing for better decision making.

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