Creaser Products, Incorporated, Has a Sensor Division That Manufactures and Sells

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Essay

Creaser Products, Incorporated, has a Sensor Division that manufactures and sells a number of products, including a standard sensor. Data concerning that sensor appear below:
The company has a Safety Products Division that could use this sensor in one of its products. The Safety Products Division is currently purchasing 8,000 of these sensors per year from an overseas supplier at a cost of $76 per sensor.
Required:
The Sensor Division is selling all of the sensors it can produce to outside customers. Also assume that $10 in variable expenses can be avoided on transfers within the company due to reduced shipping and selling costs. What is the acceptable range, if any, for the transfer price between the two divisions?

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