Pinches Ltd makes cooking oil which sells at £20 a bottle. Variable costs are £12 a bottle. The business is working at full capacity. What is the minimum price at which this product could be sold without making a loss for an order of 12,000 bottles? To fulfil this additional order, the company would incur additional fixed costs of £50,000 and variable costs of £70,000. You may assume a linear relationship between costs and selling price. A. 240,000 B. 120,000 C. 96,000 D. 216,000

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Pinches Ltd makes cooking oil which sells
at £20 a bottle. Variable costs are £12 a
bottle. The business is working at full
capacity. What is the minimum price at
which this product could be sold without
making a loss for an order of 12,000
bottles? To fulfil this additional order, the
company would incur additional fixed costs
of £50,000 and variable costs of £70,000.
You may assume a linear relationship
between costs and selling price.
A. 240,000 B. 120,000 C. 96,000 D.
216,000
Transcribed Image Text:Pinches Ltd makes cooking oil which sells at £20 a bottle. Variable costs are £12 a bottle. The business is working at full capacity. What is the minimum price at which this product could be sold without making a loss for an order of 12,000 bottles? To fulfil this additional order, the company would incur additional fixed costs of £50,000 and variable costs of £70,000. You may assume a linear relationship between costs and selling price. A. 240,000 B. 120,000 C. 96,000 D. 216,000
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