gnite Products is a price - taker. The company produces large spools of electrical wire in a highly competitive market; thus, it uses target pricing. The current market price of the electric wire is $700 per unit. The company has $3,000,000 in verage assets, and the desired profit is a return of 9% on assets. Assume all products produced are sold. The company provides the following information: Sales volume "ariable costs Fixed costs 110,000 $660 $12,000,000 per year units per year per unit fixed costs cannot be reduced, how much reduction in variable costs will be needed to achieve the desired target? OA. $72,600,000 O B. $12,000,000 OC. $7,870,000 O D. $270,000

gnite Products is a price - taker. The company produces large spools of electrical wire in a highly competitive market; thus, it uses target pricing. The current market price of the electric wire is $700 per unit. The company has $3,000,000 in verage assets, and the desired profit is a return of 9% on assets. Assume all products produced are sold. The company provides the following information: Sales volume "ariable costs Fixed costs 110,000 $660 $12,000,000 per year units per year per unit fixed costs cannot be reduced, how much reduction in variable costs will be needed to achieve the desired target? OA. $72,600,000 O B. $12,000,000 OC. $7,870,000 O D. $270,000

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