A department's budgeted output for a 4-week period was 500 units at a standard cost of $100 per unit. The actual production was 450 units and the firm's ledger revealed actual costs for the month to be $50 200. The standard production cost for the period is

A) $50 000.
B) $50 200.
C) $45 000.
D) insufficient information to determine.

Budgeted Output

The anticipated quantity of goods or services a company plans to produce in a specified period, usually tied to budgeting and planning processes.

Standard Cost

A predetermined or estimated cost of producing a product or service, used as a benchmark for measuring actual production costs.

Actual Production

The real quantity of products manufactured during a specific period, as opposed to planned or projected production.