Kristen Lu purchased a used automobile for $14,050 at the beginning of last year and incurred the following operating costs: Depreciation ($14,050-5 years) $ 2,810 Innurance $ 1,500 Garage rent $ 800 Automobile tax and license $ 390 Variable operating cost $ 0.07 per mile The variable operating cost consists of gasoline, oil, tires, maintenance, and repairs. Kristen estimates that, at her current rate of usage. the car will have zero resale value in five years, so the annual straight-line depreciation is $2,810. The car is kept in a garage for a monthly fee. Required: 1. Kristen drove the car 11,000 miles last year. Compute the average cost per mile of owning and operating the car. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Average fixed cost per milo Variable operating cont per mile Average cost per mile S 0.00 2. Kristen is unsure about whether she should use her own car or rent a car to go on an extended cross-country trip for two weeks during spring break. What costs above are relevant in this decision? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. Any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.) Variable operating costs 2 Depreciation 7 Automobile tax License costs ? Insurance costs $ 2.40 (Prepared from a situation suggested by Professor John W. Hardy.) Lone Star Meat Packers is a major processor of beef and other meat products. The company has a large amount of T-bone steak on hand, and it is trying to decide whether to sell the T-bone steaks as they are initially cut or to process them further into filet mignon and the New York cut. of the T-bone steaks are sold as initially cut, the company figures that a 1-pound T-bone steak would yield the following profit: Selling price ($2.40 per pound) Less joint costs incurred up to the split-off point where T-bone steak can be identified as a separate product 1.40 Profit per pound $ 1.00 If the company were to further process the T-bone steaks, then cutting one side of a T-bone steak provides the filet mignon and cutting the other side provides the New York cut. One 16-ounce T-bone steak cut in this way will yield one 6-ounce filet mignon and one 8-ounce New York cut, the remaining ounces are waste. It costs $0.19 to further process one T-bone steak into the filet mignon and New York cuts. The filet mignon can be sold for $4.40 per pound, and the New York cut can be sold for $3.00 per pound. Required: 1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of further procesing one T-bone steak into filet mignon and New York cut steaks? 2. Would you recommend that the T-bone steaks be sold as initially cut or processed further? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of further processing one T-bone steak into filet mignon and New York cut steaks? (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) per un Required 2 > Required 1 Required 2 Would you recommend that the T-bone steaks be sold as initially cut or processed further? T-bone steaks should be processed further. T-bone steaks should be sold as initially cut.
