Question

CalcuCo hired Effner & Associates to design a new computer-aided manufacturing facility. The new facility was designed to produce 300 computers per month. The variable costs for each computer are $660 and the fixed costs total $74,700 per month. The average cost per unit, if the facility normally expects to operate at eighty-five percent of capacity, is calculated to be (round to nearest cent):

Answer 1

$953 per unit

Step-by-step explanation:

For computing the average cost per unit first we have to determine the operating capacity at 85% after that the total cost which is shown below:

Operating capacity at 85% is

= 300 computers × 85%

= 255 computers

Now the total cost is

= Variable cost + Fixed cost

where,

Variable cost is

= $660 × 255 computers

= $168,300

And, the fixed cost is $74,700

So, the total cost is

= $168,300 + $74,700

= $243,000

Now the average cost per unit is

= $243,000 ÷ 255 computers

= $953 per unit