A Wine Merchant Buys a Case of Wine for a Listed

question 5

Multiple Choice

A wine merchant buys a case of wine for a listed price of $144.00 less 27% from a wine distributor. Overhead is 37% of cost and profit is 51% of cost. For how much should the item be retailed?

• A) $159.78
• B) $75.80
• C) $211.35
• D) $197.62
• E) none of the above

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Definitions:

Capacity

The maximum level of output that a company can sustain to produce goods or services under a given set of conditions.

Net Loss

The amount by which total expenses exceed total revenues in a company during a specific period, indicating a financial loss.

Discontinue

To discontinue means to stop producing, selling, or providing a product or service, often permanently.

Activity-Based Costing

A costing methodology that assigns costs to products or services based on the resources they consume.