"cost assignment refers to the general case of assigning costs to cost pools or cost objects. when there is a direct and traceable link between the cost and the cost pool or cost object, then the management accountant traces that cost to the cost pool or cost object."

The third program provides families with $50 in food stamps each week, redeemable for both perishable and nonperishable food. the fourth policy instead provides a family with a box of nonperishable foods each week, worth $50. use two graphs to illustrate that a family may be indifferent between the two programs, but will never prefer the $50 box of nonperishable foods over the $50 in food stamps. state your answer and use a consumer choice model for perishable food and nonperishable food to graphically justify your choice.