Managerial Accounting
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Chapter 11, Problem 2.1GAP
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Concept introduction:
Capital budgeting is the decision in which a company can invest funds of a long-term nature which provides benefit in long term. Capital budgeting decisions involve huge amount of funds.
To calculate:
The following table and summarize the difference in the alternatives.
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Beacon Company is considering automating its production facility. The initial investment in automation would be $6.20
million, and the equipment has a useful life of 5 years with a residual value of $1,100,000. The company will use straight-
line depreciation. Beacon could expect a production increase of 31,000 units per year and a reduction of 20 percent in the
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Production and sales volume
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Beacon Company is considering automating its production facility. The initial investment in automation would be $9.32
million, and the equipment has a useful life of 8 years with a residual value of $1,160,000. The company will use straight-
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Variable costs
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Variable manufacturing overhead
Total variable manufacturing costs
Contribution margin
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Managerial Accounting
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