MARGINAL COSTING Introduction Even a school-going student knows that profit is a balancing figure of sales over costs‚ i.e. Sales - Cost = Profit. This knowledge is not sufficient for management for discharging the functions of planning and control‚ etc. The cost is further divided according to its behavior‚ i.e.‚ fixed cost and variable cost. The age-old equation can be written as: Sales - Cost = Profit or Sales - (Fixed cost + Variable Cost) = Profit. The relevance of segregating costs
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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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If marginal utility is negative‚ we can infer that Question 1 answers | | total utility is increasing by smaller and smaller amounts | | | total utility has fallen | | | total utility is also negative / | | | the product is an inferior good | A utility-maximising consumer changes their expenditures until Question 2 answers | | MUX = MUY for all pairs of goods / | | | TUX/PX = TUY/PY for all pairs of
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Marginal Costing Introduction The Cost of a product of comprises of materials‚ labour‚ and over heads. On the basis of variability they can be broadly classified as fixed and variable costs. Fixed costs are those costs which remain constant at all levels of production within a given period of time. In other words‚ a cost that does not change in total but become. Progressively smaller per unit when the volume of production increases is known as fixed cost. it is also called period cost eg. Rent
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Marginal and absorption costing Topic list 1 Marginal cost and marginal costing 2 The principles of marginal costing 3 Marginal costing and absorption costing and the calculation of profit 4 Reconciling profits 5 Marginal costing versus absorption costing Syllabus reference D4 (a) D4 (a) D4 (b)‚ (c) D4 (d) D4 (e) Introduction This chapter defines marginal costing and compares it with absorption costing. Whereas absorption costing recognises fixed costs (usually fixed production costs) as
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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 Costing is ascertainment of the marginal cost which varies directly with the volume of production by differentiating between fixed costs and variable costs andfinally ascertaining its effect on profit. The basic assumptions made by marginal costing are following: - Total variable cost is directly proportion to the level of activity. However‚ variable cost per unit remains constant at all the levels of activities. - Per unit selling price remains constant at all levels of activities. -
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Marginal Utility Suppose Mr. X is hungry and eats oranges one by one. The first orange gives him great pleasure. By the time he starts taking the second‚ the intensity of his desire diminishes to a certain extent‚ and second orange yields less satisfaction. The satisfaction derived from the third will be less than that of the second‚ that of the fourth less than that of the third and so on. In this way‚ the incremental utility will go on decreasing till it drops to zero‚ and if he takes more‚ the
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Castillo Econ 102 Professor Crane April 17‚ 2013 Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns People might think that in order to get something done more efficiently and faster it is best if we have more workers. Here comes a big disclaimer‚ this idea is false. The law of diminishing marginal returns helps explain the concept on how more workers can turn out into a poor outcome. This essay will describe the law of diminishing marginal returns and explaining how it works. I will start of by giving the
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MARGINAL COSTING Introduction This paper explores the use of cost accounting information for decision-making purposes. DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS Marginal cost: This is the cost of a unit of a product or service‚ which would be avoided if that unit or service was not produced or provided Break-even point: This is the volume of sales where there is neither profit nor loss. 1 9 6 COST ACCOUNTING S T U D Y T E X T Margin of safety: This is the excess of sales over the break-even volume in
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