Wamsley Products, Incorporated, Has a Transmitter Division That Manufactures and Sells

question 184

Multiple Choice

Wamsley Products, Incorporated, has a Transmitter Division that manufactures and sells a number of products, including a standard transmitter that could be used by another division in the company, the Remote Devices Division, in one of its products. Data concerning that transmitter appear below: The Remote Devices Division is currently purchasing 8,000 of these transmitters per year from an overseas supplier at a cost of $61 per transmitter. Assume that the Transmitter Division is selling all of the transmitters it can produce to outside customers. What should be the minimum acceptable transfer price for the transmitters from the standpoint of the Transmitter Division?

• A) $44 per unit
• B) $27 per unit
• C) $64 per unit
• D) $61 per unit

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