Use This Information for Swan Company to Answer the Questions

question 120

Multiple Choice

Use this information for Swan Company to answer the questions that follow.

Swan Company produces a product at a total cost of $43 per unit. Of this amount, $8 per unit is selling and administrative costs. The total variable cost is $30 per unit, and the desired profit is $20 per unit.
-Determine the markup percentage on variable cost.

• A) 100%
• B) 110%
• C) 80%
• D) 46.5%

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Definitions:

Negative Externalities

Costs experienced by someone who is not directly involved in the production or consumption of a good or service.

Positive Externalities

Benefits experienced by third parties or society at large as a result of an economic activity, without the third party incurring any cost.

Public Goods

Goods that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning no one can be prevented from using them and one person's use does not reduce availability to others.

Consumer Surplus

The gap between what consumers are prepared and can afford to pay for a product or service, and what they end up paying in reality.