Image Products Is in the Process of Evaluating Its New

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Essay

Image Products is in the process of evaluating its new cosmetic products.One new product, Nice Hair, has one production run each month with $8,000 in setup costs.Nice Hair incurred $20,000 in development costs and is expected to be produced for three years.The direct costs of producing Nice Hair are $28,000 per run of 15,000 bottles.Indirect manufacturing costs charged to each run are $44,000.Destination charges for each batch average $9,000.Nice Hair sells for $10 in Canada and $20 in all other countries.Sales are one-third domestic and two-thirds exported.Assume everything produced is sold.Required:
What is the life-cycle budgeted operating income?

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