Mountainburg Industries Has Developed Two New Products but Has Only

Multiple Choice

Mountainburg Industries has developed two new products but has only enough plant capacity to introduce one product during the current year. The following data will assist management in deciding which product should be selected. $\begin{array}{lrrrr}&\text { Product L } &\text { Product W}\\\text { Direct materials } & \$ 44 & \$ 36 \\\text { Machining labor (\$12hour) } &18 & 15 \\\text { Assembly labor (\$10/hour) } & 30 & 10 \\\text { Variable overhead (\$8/hour) } & 36 & 18 \\\text { Fixed overhead (4/hour) } & 18 & 9\\ \text { Total Manufacturing Cost } &\$ 146 &\$ 88 \\ \text { Estimated selling } \mathrm{p} & \$170 &\$100 \\\text { Actual research and development costs } & \$ 240,000 & \$ 175,000 \\ \text { Estimated advertising costs } & \$ 500,000 & \$ 350,000 \\\end{array}$ Mountainburg's fixed overhead includes rent and utilities, equipment depreciation, and supervisory salaries. Selling and administrative expenses are not allocated to individual products.
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The total overhead cost of $27 for Mountainburg's Product W is a(n)

A) Sunk cost.
B) Opportunity cost.
C) Variable cost.
D) Mixed cost.