Three years ago, Margaret Moore started a business that creates and delivers holiday and birthday gift baskets to students at the local university. Margaret sells the baskets for $26 each, and her variable costs are $16 per basket. She incurs $12,900 in fixed costs each year,

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Three years ago, Margaret Moore started a business that creates and delivers holiday and birthday gift baskets to students at the local university. Margaret sells the baskets for $26 each, and her variable costs are $16 per basket. She incurs $12,900 in fixed
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Transcribed Image Text:Show Attempt History Current Attempt in Progress Three years ago, Margaret Moore started a business that creates and delivers holiday and birthday gift baskets to students at the local university. Margaret sells the baskets for $26 each, and her variable costs are $16 per basket. She incurs $12,900 in fixed costs each year.
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Last year, Margaret sold 3,800 baskets, and she believes that demand this year will be stable at 3,800 baskets. The following are the actions Margaret could take if she wants to earn $27,000 in operating income by selling only 3,800 baskets. Consider each
action independently. (Round per unit answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 52.75 and fixed cost to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.)
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Your answer is partially correct.
3.
Raise selling price per unit to
Reduce variable costs per unit to
Reduce fixed costs to
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Transcribed Image Text:(b) 1. Last year, Margaret sold 3,800 baskets, and she believes that demand this year will be stable at 3,800 baskets. The following are the actions Margaret could take if she wants to earn $27,000 in operating income by selling only 3,800 baskets. Consider each action independently. (Round per unit answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 52.75 and fixed cost to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.) 2. Your answer is partially correct. 3. Raise selling price per unit to Reduce variable costs per unit to Reduce fixed costs to eTextbook and Media Save for Later $ $ 26.50 15.50 Attempts: 1 of 3 used 25100 Attempts: 2 of 3 used Submit Answer
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