Cathy, the manager of Cathy's Catering, Inc., uses activity-based costing to compute the costs of her catered parties. Each party is limited to 20 guests and requires 5 people to serve and clean up. Cathy offers two types of parties, an afternoon picnic and an evening formal dinner. The breakdown of the costs follows: |
Activities (and cost drivers) | Afternoon Picnic | Formal Dinner | ||||
Advertising (parties) | $ | 91 | per party | $ | 91 | per party |
Planning (parties) | $ | 82 | per party | $ | 102 | per party |
Renting equipment | $ | 44 | per party plus | $ | 75 | per party plus |
(parties, guests) | $ | 10 | per guest | $ | 24 | per guest |
Obtaining insurance (parties) | $ | 215 | per party | $ | 385 | per party |
Serving (parties, servers) | $ | 45 | per server per party | $ | 83 | per server per party |
Preparing food (guests) | $ | 16 | per guest | $ | 32 | per guest |
Per party costs do not vary with the number of guests. |
Required: | |
(a) |
Compute the cost of a 20-guest afternoon picnic. (Omit the "$" sign in your response.) |
Afternoon picnic | $ |
(b) |
Compute the cost of a 20-guest evening formal dinner. (Omit the "$" sign in your response.) |
Evening formal dinner | $ |
(c) |
How much should Cathy charge for each guest for each type of party if she wants to cover her costs? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) |
Charging Amount | |
Afternoon picnic | $ |
Formal dinner | $ |
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