A Two hazardous environment facilities are being evaluated, with the projected life of each facility being 10 years. The company
uses a MARR of 15%. Using rate of return analysis, which alternative should be selected? Alternative A Alternative B
First Cost, $ 615,000 300,000
O & M Cost, $ 10,000 25,000
Annual Benefits, $ 158,000 92,000
Salvage Value, $ 65,000 -5,000
(A) Alt. B
(B) Neither
(C) Alt. A
(D) Either Alt. A or Alt. B
The cost object of the plant-wide overhead rate method is "The unit of product"
Explanation:
Unit cost is the total production cost divided by the number of units manufactured. A company usually produces similar products in lots with hundreds or thousands of units per batch.
An overall overhead rate for the entire plant is a single level used only to allocate or assign all overhead production costs for a company to its output of production. Products for easier operation, such as assembly, can be allocated overhead at a level of $20 per hour of direct work.
Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that this scenario indicates that there are diminishing marginal returns. Like mentioned in the question this refers to the decrease in marginal output as additional factors of production are introduced into the production process. Which in this case the additional factors would be more workers, since adding an additional worker seems to lower the marginal product.
The following hypothetical production possibilities tables are for China and the United States. Assume that before specialization and trade the optimal product mix for China is alternative B and for the United States is alternative U. China Production Possibilities Product: A - B - C - D - E - F Apparel: 120,000 - 96,000 - 72,000 - 48,000 - 24,0000 Chemicals(tons): 0 - 24 - 48 - 72 - 96 - 120 U.S. Production Possibilities Product: R - S - T - U - V - W Apparel: 40,000 - 32,000 - 24,000 - 16,0000 - 8,0000 Chemicals(tons): 0 - 16 - 32 - 48 - 64 - 80a. Are comparative-cost conditions such that the two countries should specialize?