Rita Jekyll operates a sales booth in computer software trade shows, selling an accounting software package, Abacus.
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a. Sales at past trade shows have ranged between 200 and 400 software packages per show. Determine the average cost of sales per unit if Ms. Jekyll sells 200, 250, 300, 350, or 400 units of Abacus at a trade show. Use the following chart to organize your answer. Is the cost of booth space fixed or variable? Round your computation to two decimal points.
b. If Ms. Jekyll wants to earn a $50 profit on each package of software she sells at a trade show, what price must she charge at sales volumes of 200, 250, 300, 350, or 400 units?
c. Record the total cost of booth space if Ms. Jekyll attends one, two, three, four, or five trade shows. Record your answers in the following chart. Is the cost of booth space fixed or variable relative to the number of shows attended?
d. Ms. Jekyll provides decorative shopping bags to customers who purchase software packages. Some customers take the bags; others do not. Some customers stuff more than one software package into a single bag. The number of bags varies in relation to the number of units sold, but the relationship is not proportional. Assume that Ms. Jekyll uses $30 of bags for every 50 software packages sold. What is the additional cost per unit sold? Is the cost fixed or variable?
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Fundamental Managerial Accounting Concepts
ISBN: 978-1259569197
8th edition
Authors: Thomas Edmonds, Christopher Edmonds, Bor Yi Tsay, Philip Olds