(Appendix 11A) Fingado Products, Inc

question 47

Multiple Choice

(Appendix 11A) Fingado Products, Inc., has a Detector Division that manufactures and sells a number of products, including a standard detector that could be used by another division in the company, the Commercial Security Division, in one of its products. Data concerning that detector appear below:
The Commercial Security Division is currently purchasing 6,000 of these detectors per year from an overseas supplier at a cost of $91 per detector.
-Assume that the Valve Division is selling all of the valves it can produce to outside customers.Also assume that $6 in variable expenses can be avoided on transfers within the company due to reduced shipping and selling costs.What should be the minimum acceptable transfer price for the valves from the standpoint of the Valve Division?

• A) $92 per unit
• B) $77 per unit
• C) $91 per unit
• D) $98 per unit

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