<span>It is backed by collateral, and in this case since it is a home mortgage, the collateral is your home. That means that if you don't pay your loan monthly payments on time or don't pay them at all, then they can take your home away and you can end up on the streets. That's why it is secured, it is secured for the bank, not for you.</span>
Answer:
a. If Mel decides to sell dinners, what are the total costs for both making and buying the cookies?
if Mel decides to sell dinners, the he will not have any spare capacity for producing cookies, so the production costs would be different:
direct materials $0.20
direct labor $0.15
total overhead (including variable and fixed) $0.45
total cost per cookie = $0.80
Purchase price form external supplier = $0.60 per cookie (same as before).
b. Should Mel continue to buy the cookies? Yes No
It would be better for Mel to simply buy the cookies from an external supplier at $0.60.
Mel should only produce the cookies if he decides not to sell dinners.
The original price of the machine is $2,600 but it has a depreciation value now of $1,200.
*original price - depreciation value = machine's existing value*
$2,600 - $1,200 = $1,400
However, they've sold the machine for $2,200 instead of 1,400 (which is supposedly the existing price). So, they've gain $800 ($2,200 deducted by $1,400) out from this transaction.