mind the cost and benefits of a project and they will respond to the incentives provided for the completions of given task. An example of marginal benefits and the marginal costs of consider an airline deciding how much to charge passengers who fly standby. Suppose that flying a 200 - passenger plane across the United States costs the airline $100‚000. In this case‚ the average cost of each seat is $100‚000/200‚ which is $500. One might be tempted to conclude that the airline should never sell a ticket
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ACOF 014 Introduction to Costing Semester 2 2008/ 2009 TOPIC 7: ABSORPTION AND MARGINAL COSTING Outline: 1. Learning Objectives 2. Differences between absorption and variable costing 3. Impact on profit under each costing technique 1. Learning objectives a. Explaining the differences between absorption costing and marginal costing b. Explaining the impact on stock valuation & profit under each costing system c. Explaining the impact on under each costing system d. Preparing multi-period absorption
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Introduction: Process costing is a form of operations costing which is used where standardized homogeneous goods are produced. This costing method is used in industries like chemicals‚ textiles‚ steel‚ rubber‚ sugar‚ shoes‚ petrol etc. Process costing is also used in the assembly type of industries also. It is assumed in process costing that the average cost presents the cost per unit. Cost of production during a particular period
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Marginal Analysis A. Marginal Revenue: The increase in revenue generated from the sale of one additional unit of output 1. If there is a positive value associated with the marginal revenue there is an increase in the total revenue. Once the marginal revenue reaches or arrives at 0 then the total revenue is maximized. A decrease or negative in marginal revenue will cause the total revenue to go down. B. Marginal Cost: The additional‚ extra cost involved
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foods: Rice Krispies‚ cottage cheese‚ and popcorn. The marginal utilities for each food are tabulated below. Bill is allowed only 167 grams of carbohydrates daily. Rice Krispies‚ cottage cheese‚ and popcorn provide 25‚ 6‚ and 10 grams of carbohydrates per cup‚ respectively. Referring to the accompanying table‚ respond to the following questions: Unit of food(cups/day) Marginal Utility of Rice KrispiesMarginal Utility of Cottage Cheese Marginal Utility of Popcorn 1 175 72 90 2 150 66 80 3 125 60
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Introduction to Standard Costing Standard costing is an important subtopic of cost accounting. Standard costs are usually associated with a manufacturing company’s costs of direct material‚ direct labor‚ and manufacturing overhead. Rather than assigning the actual costs of direct material‚ direct labor‚ and manufacturing overhead to a product‚ many manufacturers assign the expected or standard cost. This means that a manufacturer’s inventories and cost of goods sold will begin with amounts reflecting
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Profit in business is a financial gain earned when marginal revenue exceeds marginal cost to produce a particular product or provide a service. Basically profit is the amount of money left after a business has paid all cost associated with doing business for a certain period of time from the total revenue taken in during that same period of time. All for profit business want to maximize their profits. Without making a profit a business cannot stay open without additional investment by the business
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a signal from buyers to sellers‚ and the price seen by fi rms signals the marginal benefi t of consumers in the market. If the price consumers pay for a product is greater than the marginal cost to fi rms of producing it‚ then the message being sent to producers is that more output is demanded. In the pursuit of profi ts‚ more resources will be allocated towards the production of the product until the marginal cost and the price are equal. At the P=MC point fi rms maximize their profi
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Marginal Concept Some land might be very good for producing certain crops - rich in nutrients and easy to access and work. This land is likely to be used first for any cultivation because the relationship between the cost of producing the crop and the return gained from selling it will be highest. However‚ land that is not so good will be taken into cultivation if certain conditions allow. These conditions could be a rise in the price of the crop concerned or a means of either reducing the cost
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