Barnett Brass sells economy door knobs for $15 each. Unit product costs are as follows:   Direct materials                                           $ 3 Direct labor                                                     2 Manufacturing overhead                                6 Total                                                            $11   An order to purchase 4,000 units was recently received from a new customer. There is enough capacity to fill the order and filling this order would not disrupt current operations. Barnett Brass would incur an additional $1.70 per unit for shipping costs. seventy percent of the manufacturing overhead costs are fixed and would be incurred no matter how many units are produced. In negotiating a price, how much is the minimum acceptable selling price?     $8.20     $8.50     $9.30     $11.00     $9.40

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Barnett Brass sells economy door knobs for $15 each. Unit product costs are as follows:

 

Direct materials                                           $ 3

Direct labor                                                     2

Manufacturing overhead                                6

Total                                                            $11

 

An order to purchase 4,000 units was recently received from a new customer. There is enough capacity to fill the order and filling this order would not disrupt current operations. Barnett Brass would incur an additional $1.70 per unit for shipping costs. seventy percent of the manufacturing overhead costs are fixed and would be incurred no matter how many units are produced. In negotiating a price, how much is the minimum acceptable selling price?

   

$8.20

   

$8.50

   

$9.30

   

$11.00

   

$9.40

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