Division P of the Nyers Company Makes a Part That

question 4

Multiple Choice

Division P of the Nyers Company makes a part that can either be sold to outside customers or transferred internally to Division Q for further processing. Annual data relating to this part are as follows: Division Q of the Nyers Company requires 15,000 units per year and is currently paying an outside supplier $33 per unit. Consider each part below independently.
If outside customers demand 80,000 units and if, by selling to Division Q, Division P could avoid $4 per unit in variable selling expense, then according to the formula in the text, what is the lowest acceptable transfer price from the viewpoint of the selling division?

• A) $35 per unit
• B) $21 per unit
• C) $31 per unit
• D) $33 per unit

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Definitions:

Consumption

The act of using goods and services by households or individuals, leading to the depletion of wealth.

Equal Marginal Principle

Principle that utility is maximized when the consumer has equalized the marginal utility per dollar of expenditure across all goods.

Hicksian Substitution Effect

Alternative to the Slutsky equation for decomposing price changes without recourse to indifference curves.

Indifference Curves

A graph showing different bundles of goods between which a consumer is indifferent.