The Management of Store Corporation Would Like to Set the Selling

question 39

Multiple Choice

The management of Store Corporation would like to set the selling price on a new product using the absorption costing approach to cost-plus pricing. The company's accounting department has supplied the following estimates for the new product: Management plans to produce and sell 6,000 units of the new product annually. The new product would require an investment of $1,140,000 and has a required return on investment of 10%.
-The unit target selling price using the absorption costing approach is closest to:

• A)$77
• B)$116
• C)$70
• D)$96

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Definitions:

Fair Value

The cost at which an asset could be sold or a liability could be resolved in a structured exchange among participants in the market as of the evaluation date.

Common Shares

are equity securities that represent ownership in a corporation, entitling holders to a share of the corporation's profits through dividends and/or capital appreciation.

Consolidated Financial Statements

Financial statements that show the financial position and results of operations for a parent company and its subsidiaries as one economic entity.

Current Assets

Assets that are expected to be converted into cash, sold, or consumed within one year or within a business's normal operating cycle if longer.