Question

The Tingey Company has 500 obsolete microcomputers that are carried in inventory at a total cost of $720,000. If these microcomputers are upgraded at a total cost of $100,000, they can be sold for a total of $160,000. As an alternative, the microcomputers can be sold in their present condition for $50,000. The sunk cost in this situation is: g

Answer 1

Answer: $720000

Explanation:

Sunk cos simply refers to a coat which a company has already incurred and can't be recovered. They're not relevant to future decisions if the company has they already happened in the past.

In this case, the sink cost will be $720,000 which is the total cost of the obsolete microcomputers, Other coat such as $100,000, $160,000, and $50,000 are relevant cost.