Cost Formulas, Single and Multiple Cost Drivers

For the past 5 years, Garner Company has had a policy of producing to meet customer demand. As a result, finished goods inventory is minimal, and for the most part, units produced equal units sold.

Recently, Garner's industry entered a recession, and the company is producing well below capacity (and expects to continue doing so for the coming year). The president is willing to accept orders that at least cover their variable costs so that the company can keep its employees and avoid layoffs. Also, any orders above variable costs will increase overall profitability of the company. Toward that end, the president of Garner Company implemented a policy that any special orders will be accepted if they cover the costs that the orders cause.

To help implement the policy, Garner's controller developed the following cost formulas:

Direct Material Usage = $94X,				R2 = 0.90
Direct Labor Usage = $16X,				R2 = 0.92
Overhead = $350,000 + $80X,				R2 = 0.56
Selling Costs = $50,000 + $7X;				R2 = 0.86

where X = direct labor hours.

Required:

1. Suppose that Garner has an opportunity to accept an order for 20,000 units at $212 per unit. Each unit uses one direct labor hour for production. Compute the total unit variable cost. $per unit