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Chapter 11, Problem 21ICA
A company designs submersible robots with a new design tor the robots that increases the rate of production. A new facility for manufacturing the submersible robots is constructed at a cost of $100,000,000. A contract is negotiated with a materials supplier (Supplier A) to provide all of the raw material and construct on labor necessary for $250 per robot. The robots will be sold for $500 each.
- a. How many robots must be manufactured and sold to break even?
- b. How many robots must be manufactured and sold to make a profit of $100,000,000?
- c. An alternative materials supplier (Supplier B) comes along with a quote for the labor and material cost at $400 per robot, but only requires $50,000,000 to build a submersible robot construction facility. How many robots must be manufactured and sold to break even for this alternative supplier?
- d. Which supplier will generate a profit of $20,000,000 with fewer robots produced?
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