Beacon Company Makes a Product That Has a Variable Cost

question 9

Essay

Beacon Company makes a product that has a variable cost of $25 per unit and a selling price of $45 per unit.Annual fixed costs total $860,000.Beacon's net income last year was $240,000.Beacon's management is considering lowering the selling price to $40.
Required:
1)How many units did Beacon sell last year?
2)If Beacon Company wants to maintain the same level of income that it had last year,how many units would it have to sell at the new selling price of $35?

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Definitions:

Probability

An indication of how probable an event is to happen, represented numerically between 0 and 1, with 0 meaning it cannot happen and 1 meaning it is certain to happen.

Risk Loving

A financial term describing an individual or entity's preference for taking risks, where the potential for higher gains outweighs the possibility of losses.

Probability

The measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Expected Utility Maximizer

An economic theory that assumes individuals choose among risky alternatives in such a way as to maximize their expected utility.