Which of the following is the best description of accounting's role in business?
a. accounting is not responsible for providing any form of information to users. that is the role of the information systems department.
b. accounting in decreasing the credit risk of the company.
c. accounting provides stockholders with information regarding the market value of the company's stocks.
d. accounting provides information to managers to operate the business and to other users to make decisions regarding the economic condition of the company.

Dozier company produced and sold 1,000 units during its first month of operations. it reported the following costs and expenses for the month: direct materials $ 69,000 direct labor $ 35,000 variable manufacturing overhead $ 15,000 fixed manufacturing overhead 28,000 total manufacturing overhead $ 43,000 variable selling expense $ 12,000 fixed selling expense 18,000 total selling expense $ 30,000 variable administrative expense $ 4,000 fixed administrative expense 25,000 total administrative expense $ 29,000 required: 1. with respect to cost classifications for preparing financial statements: a. what is the total product cost