Nordic Avionics Makes Aircraft Instrumentation

question 61

Multiple Choice

Nordic Avionics makes aircraft instrumentation.Its basic navigation radio requires $80 in variable costs and $4,000 per month in fixed costs.Further processing the radio,to enhance its functionality,will require an additional $27 per unit of variable costs but no change to the fixed costs.The marketing manager believes that the company would be able to increase the sales price from $280 to $300.If Nordic decides to further process the product,operating income would ________.

• A) remain the same
• B) increase by $27 per unit
• C) increase by $107 per unit
• D) decrease by $7 per unit

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Definitions:

Production Possibilities Curve

A graphical representation showing the maximum quantity of goods and services that can be produced within a given set of resources and technology.

Efficiently

Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

Economy's Capacity

The maximum level of output that an economy can sustain over a period of time without increasing inflation.

Bowed Outward

A description of a production possibility frontier that displays increasing opportunity costs as more of one good is produced.