2 Mahela question.

8 The Mahela Company specializes in producing sets of wooden patio furniture consisting of a table and four chairs. The company is currently operating at 80% of its full capacity of 2,000 sets per quarter. Quarterly cost data at this level of operations follow Factory labour, direct Advertising $118,000 50,000 40,000 Factory supervision Property taxes, factory building Sales commissions 3,500 80,000 Insurance, factory 2,500 4,000 12,000 Depreciation, office equipment Lease cost, factory equipment Indirect materials, factory Depreciation, factory building General office supplies (billing) 6,000 10,000 3,000 General office salaries 60,000 Direct materials used (wood, bolts, etc.) Utilities, factory 94,000 20,000 Required: 1. Enter the dollar amount of each cost item under the appropriate headings. As examples, this has been done already for the first two items in the preceding list. Note that each cost item is classified in two ways: first, as variable or fixed, with respect to the number of units produced and sold, and, second, as a selling and administrative cost or a product cost. (If the item is a product cost, it should also be classified as either direct or indirect as shown.) 2. Based on the answers obtained in Requirement (1), compute the average product cost per patio set. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Average product cost per patio set 25 3. Assume that production increases to only 1,800 sets quarterly. Would you expect the average product cost per patio set to increase, decrease, or remain unchanged? O Increase O Decrease O Remain unchanged 4. Refer to the original data. The president's brother-in-law has considered making a patio set and has priced the necessary materials at a building supply store. He has asked the president if he could purchase a patio set from the Mahela Company "at cost," and the president has agreed to let him do so. a. Would you expect any disagreement over the price the brother-in-law should pay? What price does the president probably have in mind? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) the president may expect a minimum price of 2 of 4 www HES Next > Drow