and manager's salary$)$ are $$9,000$ per month. The owner wants cost information about different volumes so that some operating decisions can be made.

Requirement $1.$ Use the chart below to provide the owner with the cost information. Then use the completed chart to help you answer the remaining questions. $($Enter total

variable costs to the nearest dollar. Enter costs per pizza, price per pizza, and profit per pizza to the neapatennts

Requirements

Use the chart below to provide the owner with the cost information. Then use the

completed chart to help you answer the remaining questions.

From a cost standpoint, why do companies such as New Jersey Restaurant want to

operate near or at full capacity?

The owner has been considering ways to increase the sales volume. The owner thinks

that $7,500$ pizzas could be sold per month by cutting the selling price per pizza from

$$6\mathrm{.}25$ to $$5\mathrm{.}75.$ How much extra profit $($above the current level$)$ would be generated if

the selling price were to be decreased? $($Hint: Find the restaurant's current monthly

profit and compare it to the restaurant's projected monthly profit at the new sales price

and volume.$)$

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