Captain Company Records Reveal the Following The Variable Costs of Division Y Will Be Incurred Whether

question 163

Multiple Choice

Captain Company records reveal the following: $\begin{array}{lr}\text { Division } \mathrm{X}\\\text { Market price of finished component to outsiders } & \$ 32 \\\text { Variable costs per component } & \underline{24} \\\text { Contribution margin per component } & \underline{\$ 8} \\\text { Total contribution for } 20,000 \text { components } & \$ 160,000\end{array}$

$\begin{array}{ll}\text { Division Y }\\\text {Sales price of finished product Variable costs: } & &&\$42 \\\text {Division X 1 component @ \$24) } & \\\text {Division Y } & &\$24 \\\text { Assembly} & \$9 \\\text { Packaging} & 4&13&-37 \\\text {Contribution margin per unit } & &&\$5 \\\text {Total contribution for 20,000 units } & &&\$100,000 \\\end{array}$
The variable costs of Division Y will be incurred whether it buys from Division X or from an outside supplier.The highest price that Division Y would want to pay Division X for the components would be _____.

• A)$24
• B)$8
• C)$32
• D)$22

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Definitions:

Withdrawals

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