Should buttons company keep all product lines

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Buttons Company produces three products: LMC, DMC, and KPC. For the coming year, they expect to produce 160,000 units. Of these, 65,000 will be LMC; 40,000 will be DMC; and 55,000 will be KPC. The following information was provided for the coming year:

                                                    1st LMC                2nd DMC                3rd KPC
Price                                    $ 550                   $ 860                $ 625
Unit direct materials                   250                      405                  300
Unit direct labor                        180                      210                  205
Unit variable overhead                 60                        72                  55
Unit variable selling expense         45                        60                    58
Total direct fixed overhead         240,000                   425,000              400,000

Common fixed overhead is $984,000 and fixed selling and administrative expenses for Mario Co. is $881,000 per year.

Required:

Problem A. Calculate the unit variable cost under variable costing.

Problem B. Calculate the unit variable product cost.

Problem C. A segmented variable-costing income statement for next year.

Problem D. Should Buttons Company keep all product lines?

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