Question

Kalanja Designs, which produces earrings, is developing direct material standards. Each earring requires 0.52 kilograms of a special metal. The allowance for waste is 0.03 kilograms per earring, while the allowance for rejects is 0.02 kilograms per earring. What is the standard quantity of metal per earring?

A) 0.52 kilograms
B) 0.55 kilograms
C) 0.57 kilograms
D) 0.54 kilograms

Answer 1

C) 0.57 kilograms

Step-by-step explanation:

standard quantity of metal per​ earring

special metal 0.52 + allowance for waste 0.03 + allowance for rejects 0.02

= 0.57 kilograms