Concept introduction:
Selling price: The average price at which the commodity or product or goods is sold in a market is called the selling price.
Net income: Net income is the earnings in the company's account after deducting the
Absorption costing: The Absorption costing is defined as the method of costing under which the cost of the finished product includes all the direct and indirect costs incurred during the manufacturing processes.
(1)
From the information given in the question for Software Solutions Inc, fill in the blanks in the table where variable cost per unit is $6.
(2)
To draw:
A chart that shows the net operating income as a function of the selling price and determine the optimum selling price at which the net operating income will be maximized.
(3)
To compute:
The price elasticity of demand for Spamblocker software. Also estimate the profit-maximising price using the same calculation.
(4)
Using the absorption costing approach, compute the target price based on the current sales of 5000 units where the total investment is $2,000,000 and the expected
(5)
If the owners of the business are dissatisfied with the net operating income and return on investment at the selling price computed in (4) , should the selling price be increased.
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