Sutton Industries produces two models of televisions, Standard and Luxury. It sells 100,000 Standard televisions and 15,000 Luxury televisions annually. Sutton switched from traditional costing to activity-based costing and discovered that the cost allocated to Luxury televisions increased so dramatically that the Luxury was now only marginally profitable.
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Give a probable explanation for this shift.

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The Answer of Sutton Industries produces two models of televisions, Standard and Luxury. It sells 100,000 Standard televisions and 15,000 Luxury televisions annually. Sutton switched from traditional costing to activity-based costing and discovered that the cost allocated to Luxury televisions increased so dramatically that the Luxury was now only marginally profitable.
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Give a probable explanation for this shift.

Sutton Industries Produces Two Models of Televisions, Standard and Luxury