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Assume that your team is going to form a company that will manufacture chocolate chip cookies. The team
is responsible for preparing a list of all product components and costs necessary to make this product.
Required:
Prepare a list of all product components and costs necessary to manufacture your cookies and identify each
of the product costs as direct materials, direct labor, or factory
variable, fixed, or mixed.
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