Phoenix Corporation Makes and Sells the "Desert Icon", a Wall

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Essay

Phoenix Corporation makes and sells the "Desert Icon", a wall hanging depicting a magical cactus plant. The Desert Icons are sold at specialty shops for $50 each. The capacity of the plant is 15,000 Icons. Costs to manufacture and sell each wall hanging are as follows:
Phoenix Corporation has been approached by a Oklahoma company about purchasing 2,500 Desert Icons. The company is currently making and selling 15,000 per year. The Oklahoma company wants to attach its own state label, which increases costs by $.50 each. No selling expenses would be incurred on this order. The corporation believes that it must make an additional $1 on each Desert Icon to accept this offer.

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Definitions:

Current Market Value

The amount of money that could currently be received for selling an asset in the marketplace.

Par-value

The face value of a bond or the stated value of a stock, as defined in the corporate charter, which has little to do with its market value.

Yield To Maturity

The total return anticipated on a bond if it is held until its maturity date, taking into account its purchase price, interest payments, and terminal value.

Zero-coupon Bonds

Bonds that do not pay periodic interest payments and are instead issued at a deep discount to their face value, maturing at par.