A company has the choice of either selling 600 defective units as scrap or rebuilding them. The
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A company has the choice of either selling 600 defective units as scrap or rebuilding them. The company could sell the defective units as they are for $8.00 per unit. Alternatively, it could rebuild them with incremental costs of $2.00 per unit for materials, $2.00 per unit for labor, and $1.00 per unit for overhead, and then sell the rebuilt units for $16.00 each. What should the company do?
a) Either choice works because they have the same result
b) Sell the units as scrap
c) Neither choice works because both alternatives produce a loss for the company and the units should be abandoned
d) Throw the units in the trash
e) Rebuild the units
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Fundamental Accounting Principles
ISBN: 978-0078110870
20th Edition
Authors: John J. Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta
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