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Kando Company incurs a $10.00 per unit cost for Product A, which it currently ma

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Question

Kando Company incurs a $10.00 per unit cost for Product A, which it currently manufactures and sells for $13.50 per unit. Instead of manufacturing and selling this product, the company can purchase it for $6.00 per unit and sell it for $11.10 per unit. If it does so, unit sales would remain unchanged and $6.00 of the $10.00 per unit costs of Product A would be eliminated. 1. Prepare Incremental cost analysis. Should the company continue to manufacture Product A or purchase it for resale? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Manufacture Purchase Product A Sales Costs: Avoidable costs Unavoidable costs Cost to purchase Total costs The company should

Explanation / Answer

Avoidable cost:- Avoidable cost are the cost which can be eliminated if an alternative option is used

Unavoidable cost= Unavoidable cost are the cost which cannot be eliminated in any case. these are fixed cost of the company or permanent cost.

Manufacture product A

Purchase

Sales

$13.50

$11.10

Costs:

Avoidable cost

$6.00

Unavoidable cost

$4.00

$4.00

Cost to purchase

$6.00

Total cost

$10.00

$10.00

Margin

$3.50

$1.10

The company should

Manufacture the product A

Note:1

As per question, in the manufacturing cost total cost was devided in to 2 parts

(1) Avoidable cost = $6.00

(2) Unavoidable cost = $4.00

Manufacture product A

Purchase

Sales

$13.50

$11.10

Costs:

Avoidable cost

$6.00

Unavoidable cost

$4.00

$4.00

Cost to purchase

$6.00

Total cost

$10.00

$10.00

Margin

$3.50

$1.10

The company should

Manufacture the product A