Requirements: North Dakota 1. Calculate the price per hour that North Dakota Temps should charge based...

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Requirements: North Dakota 1. Calculate the price per hour that North Dakota Temps should charge based on Mason's proposal. 2. The marketing manager supplies the following information on demand levels at different prices: Price per Demand Hour (Hours) $14 122,000 15 102,000 16 83,000 17 73,000 18 62,000 North Dakota Temps can meet any of these demand levels. Fixed costs will remain unchanged for all the demand levels. On the basis of this additional information, calculate the price per hour that North Dakota Temps should charge to maximize operating income. 3. Comment on your answers to requirements 1 and 2. Why are they the same or different? North Dakota Temps, a large labor contractor, supplies contract labor to building-construction companies. For 2017, North Dakota Temps has budgeted to supply 83,000 hours of contract labor. Its variable costs are $11 per hour, and its fixed costs are $166,000. Roger Mason, the general manager, has proposed a cost-plus approach for pricing labor at full cost plus 25%. Read the requirements. Requirement 1. Calculate the price per hour that North Dakota Temps should charge based on Mason's proposal. Begin by determining the formula to calculate the price per hour based on Mason's proposal, then calculate the price. (Complete all answer boxes. Round the price per hour to two decimal places.). Price per hour Requirement 2. On the basis of the additional information, calculate the price per hour that North Dakota Temps should charge to maximize operating income. First select the formula that will be used to determine the optimal price per hour, then calculate the total contribution at each price per hour. Total contribution Price per hour at: $ 14 $ 15 $ 16 $ 17 $ 18 The price per hour that should be charged is = = Requirement 3. Comment on your answers to requirements 1 and 2. Why are they the same or different? The two different approaches lead to The approach in requirement 1 is prices in requirements 1 and 2. Pricing decisions demand or market considerations and supply or cost factors. The approach in requirement 2 is Choose from any list or enter any number in the input fields and then continue to the next question. Requirements: North Dakota 1. Calculate the price per hour that North Dakota Temps should charge based on Mason's proposal. 2. The marketing manager supplies the following information on demand levels at different prices: Price per Demand Hour (Hours) $14 122,000 15 102,000 16 83,000 17 73,000 18 62,000 North Dakota Temps can meet any of these demand levels. Fixed costs will remain unchanged for all the demand levels. On the basis of this additional information, calculate the price per hour that North Dakota Temps should charge to maximize operating income. 3. Comment on your answers to requirements 1 and 2. Why are they the same or different? North Dakota Temps, a large labor contractor, supplies contract labor to building-construction companies. For 2017, North Dakota Temps has budgeted to supply 83,000 hours of contract labor. Its variable costs are $11 per hour, and its fixed costs are $166,000. Roger Mason, the general manager, has proposed a cost-plus approach for pricing labor at full cost plus 25%. Read the requirements. Requirement 1. Calculate the price per hour that North Dakota Temps should charge based on Mason's proposal. Begin by determining the formula to calculate the price per hour based on Mason's proposal, then calculate the price. (Complete all answer boxes. Round the price per hour to two decimal places.). Price per hour Requirement 2. On the basis of the additional information, calculate the price per hour that North Dakota Temps should charge to maximize operating income. First select the formula that will be used to determine the optimal price per hour, then calculate the total contribution at each price per hour. Total contribution Price per hour at: $ 14 $ 15 $ 16 $ 17 $ 18 The price per hour that should be charged is = = Requirement 3. Comment on your answers to requirements 1 and 2. Why are they the same or different? The two different approaches lead to The approach in requirement 1 is prices in requirements 1 and 2. Pricing decisions demand or market considerations and supply or cost factors. The approach in requirement 2 is Choose from any list or enter any number in the input fields and then continue to the next question.