A Wholesale Food Retailer Is Offered $15

question 92

Multiple Choice

A wholesale food retailer is offered $15.60 per two-layer carton for 5000 cartons of peaches. The wholesaler can buy peaches from their growers at $13.20 per carton. Shipping costs $2.40 per carton, for the first 1000 cartons, and $1.90 per carton for every carton over that. Will taking this opportunity increase the value of the wholesale food retailer?

• A) No, the costs are $1500 more than the benefits.
• B) No, the costs and the benefits are the same.
• C) Yes, the costs are $2500 less than the benefits.
• D) Yes, the costs are $2000 less than the benefits.

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Definitions:

GASB Statement No. 68

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