Steve's Outdoor Company purchased a new delivery van on January 1 for $45,000 plus $3,800 in sales tax. The company paid $12,800 cash on the van (including the sales tax), with the $36,000 balance on credit at 8 percent interest due in nine months (on September 30). On January 2, the company paid cash of $700 to have the company name and logo painted on the van. On September 30, the company paid the balance due on the van plus the interest. On December 31 (the end of the accounting period), Steve's Outdoor recorded depreciation on the van using the straight-line method with an estimated useful life of 5 years and an estimated residual value of $4,500. Required:
a. Compute the acquisition cost of the van.
b. Compute the depreciation expense to be reported for Year 1.

The chromosome manufacturing company produces two products, x and y. the company president, jean mutation, is concerned about the fierce competition in the market for product x. she notes that competitors are selling x for a price well below chromosome's price of $13.50. at the same time, she notes that competitors are pricing product y almost twice as high as chromosome's price of $12.50.ms. mutation has obtained the following data for a recent time period: product x product y number of units 11,000 3,000 direct materials cost per unit $3.23 $3.09 direct labor cost per unit $2.22 $2.10 direct labor hours 10,000 3,500 machine hours 2,100 1,800 inspection hours 80 100 purchase orders 10 30ms. mutation has learned that overhead costs are assigned to products on the basis of direct labor hours. the overhead costs for this time period consisted of the following items: overhead cost item amount inspection costs $16,200 purchasing costs 8,000 machine costs 49,000 total $73,200using direct labor hours to allocate overhead costs determine the gross margin per unit for product x. choose the best answer from the list below.a. $1.93b. $3.12c. $7.38d. $2.43e. $1.73using activity-based costing for overhead allocation, determine the gross margin per unit for product y. choose best answer from list below.a. $10.07b. ($2.27)c. ($5.23)d. ($7.02)e. $7.02