Listed here are the total costs associated with the 2013 production of 15,000 Bluray Discs (BDs) manufactured by Nextgen. The BDs sell for $ 18 each.

Required
1. Classify each cost and its amount as
(a) Either variable or fixed
(b) Either product or period. (The first cost is completed as an example.)
2. Compute the manufacturing cost per BD.
Analysis Component
3. Assume that 10,000 BDs are produced in the next year. What do you predict will be the total cost of plastic for the BDs and the per unit cost of the plastic for the BDs? Explain.
4. Assume that 10,000 BDs are produced in the next year. What do you predict will be the total cost of factory rent and the per unit cost of the factory rent?Explain.

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Cost by Behavior Cost by Function Costs Variable Fixed Product Period ...$1.500 $1,500 2 Wages of assembly workers -$30.000... 4. Systems staff salaries$15.000 7. Upper management salaries $120.000 8. Annual fixed fee for cleaning service $4,520. . . . . 10. Machinery depreciation, straight-line-$18,000...