Question: Pleasehelp with numbers provided in this problem Snow Fanatics operates a Rocky Mountain ski resort. The company is planning its lift ticket pricing for the

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Snow Fanatics operates a Rocky Mountain ski resort. The company is planning its lift ticket pricing for the coming ski season.
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Requirement 1. If Snow Fanatics cannot reduce its costs, what profit will it earn? State your answer in dollars and as a percent of assets. Will investors be happy with the profi
Complete the following table to calculate Snow Fanatics' projected income.
Revenue at market price
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Less: Total costs
Operating income
Investors would like to earn a 10% return on investment on the company's
$270,000,000 of assets. Snow Fanatics projects fixed costs to be $31,000,000 for the
ski season. The resort serves about 725,000 skiers and snowboarders each season.
Variable costs are about $12 per guest. Last year, due to its favorable reputation,
Snow Fanatics was a price-setter and was able to charge $4 more per lift ticket than
its competitors without a reduction in the number of customers it received.
(Round the percentage to the nearest hundredth percent, x.xx%.)
Snow Fanatics's projected operating income (profit) as a percent of assets amounts to
Assume that Snow Fanatics' reputation has diminished and other resorts in the
vicinity are charging only $88 per lift ticket. Snow Fanatics has become a price-taker
and will not be able to charge more than its competitors. At the market price,
Snow Fanatics managers believe they will still serve 725,000 skiers and
snPowboarders each season.
Will investors be happy with this profit level?
No, because the expected profit level does not meet the investors' target return on assets.
Requirement 2. Assume Snow Fanatics has found ways to cut its fixed costs to $29,500,000. What is its new target variable cost per skier/snowboarder?
Complete the following table to calculate Snow Fanatics' new target variable cost per customer. (Round your final answer to the nearest cent.)
Revenue at market price
Less: Desired profit
63800000
Target full cost
Less: Reduced level of fixed costs
Target total variable costs
Divided by number of skiers / snowboarders
Target variable cost per skier / snowboarder
 Pleasehelp with numbers provided in this problem Snow Fanatics operates a

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