Abbott Company Is a Price-Taker and Uses Target Pricing Actual Costs Are Currently Higher Than Target Full Product Cost

question 38

Multiple Choice

Abbott Company is a price-taker and uses target pricing.The company has just done an analysis of its revenues,costs,and desired profits and has calculated its target full product cost.Assume all products produced are sold.Refer to the following information: $$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | } \hline \text { Target full product cost } & \$ 510,000 & \text { per year } \\\hline \text { Actual fixed cost } & \$ 280,000 & \text { per year } \\\hline \text { Actual variable cost } & \$ 2 & \text { per unit } \\\hline \text { Production volume } & 152,000 & \text { units per year } \\\hline\end{array}$$ Actual costs are currently higher than target full product cost.Assuming that fixed costs cannot be reduced,what are the target total variable costs?

• A) $280,000
• B) $304,000
• C) $230,000
• D) $510,000

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