Question

Smith Company makes jars of homemade strawberry jam. Each jar is priced at $6.00 per unit. The costs of the ingredients to make each jar are $2.00. The containing jar itself costs $1.00. The company has monthly expenses of $2,000 for rent and insurance, $300 for heat and electricity, and $5,000 in monthly salary expenses. Last month the company sold 3,000 jars. What is the UNIT VARIABLE COST per jar

Answer 1

Total variable cost= $1.97

Step-by-step explanation:

Giving the following information:

The cost of the ingredients to make each jar is $2.00.

The containing jar itself costs $1.00.

$300 for heat and electricity

$5,000 in monthly salary expenses.

Generally, the salary expense and electricity are mixed costs (fixed and variable components). In this case, we will treat them as a full variable cost.

Unitary Electricity= 300 / 3,000= $0.1

Unitary direct labor= 5,000 / 3,000= $1.67

Now, the total variable cost:

Total variable cost= 2 + 1 + 0.1 + 1.67

Total variable cost= $1.97