Mighty Safe Fire Alarm is currently buying 61,000 motherboards from MotherBoard, Inc., at a price of $63 per board. Mighty Safe is considering making its own boards. The costs to make the board are as follows: direct materials, $32 per unit; direct labor, $12 per unit; and variable factory overhead, $16 per unit. Fixed costs for the plant would increase by $85,000. Which option should be selected and why

Do it! review 16-3 the assembly department for right pens has the following production data for the current month. beginning work in process units transferred out ending work in process 0 22,500 16,000 materials are entered at the beginning of the process. the ending work in process units are 70% complete as to conversion costs. compute the equivalent units of production for (a) materials and (b) conversion costs. materials conversion costs the equivalent units of production