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Item 7Gordon Corporation produced 10,000 digital watches in the current year. Variable costs are $8 per watch. Overhead assigned is $2.25 per watch. A supplier offers the watches for $9.50 each. Gordon's production manager reports the incremental overhead is $1.25 per watch. Gordon should:Multiple ChoiceContinue making the watches as an additional $1.50 per watch would be incurred if bought from the supplier.Continue making the watches as an additional $0.25 per watch would be incurred if bought from the supplier.Buy the watches as they would save $0.75 per watch.Buy the watches as they would save $1.50 per watch.Buy the watches as they would save $1.75 per watch.

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Item 7Gordon Corporation produced 10,000 digital watches in the current year. Variable costs are 8perwatch.Overheadassignedis8 per watch. Overhead assigned is 2.25 per watch. A supplier offers the watches for 9.50each.Gordonsproductionmanagerreportstheincrementaloverheadis9.50 each. Gordon's production manager reports the incremental overhead is 1.25 per watch. Gordon should:Multiple ChoiceContinue making the watches as an additional 1.50perwatchwouldbeincurredifboughtfromthesupplier.Continuemakingthewatchesasanadditional1.50 per watch would be incurred if bought from the supplier.Continue making the watches as an additional 0.25 per watch would be incurred if bought from the supplier.Buy the watches as they would save 0.75perwatch.Buythewatchesastheywouldsave0.75 per watch.Buy the watches as they would save 1.50 per watch.Buy the watches as they would save $1.75 per watch.

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To answer this question, we need to compare the cost of producing the watches in-house versus buying them from the supplier.

  1. Calculate the total cost of producing the watches in-house: Variable costs per watch: 8Overheadperwatch:8 Overhead per watch: 2.25 Total cost per watch = Variable costs + Overhead = 8+8 + 2.25 = $10.25

  2. Compare this with the cost of buying the watches from the supplier: Cost per watch from supplier: 9.50Incrementaloverheadperwatch:9.50 Incremental overhead per watch: 1.25 Total cost per watch = Cost from supplier + Incremental overhead = 9.50+9.50 + 1.25 = $10.75

The cost per watch if produced in-house is 10.25,whilethecostperwatchifboughtfromthesupplieris10.25, while the cost per watch if bought from the supplier is 10.75. Therefore, Gordon Corporation should continue making the watches as an additional $0.50 per watch would be incurred if bought from the supplier.

However, none of the options provided exactly match this conclusion. The closest option is "Continue making the watches as an additional 0.25perwatchwouldbeincurredifboughtfromthesupplier."Butthisisnotentirelyaccurateastheadditionalcostisactually0.25 per watch would be incurred if bought from the supplier." But this is not entirely accurate as the additional cost is actually 0.50

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