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MPE, Inc. will soon enter a very competitive marketplace in which it will have limited influence over the prices that are charged. Management and consultants are currently working to fine-tune the company’s sole service, which hopefully will generate a 12 percent first-year return (profit) on the firm’s $17,100,000 asset investment. Although the normal return in MPE’s industry is 14 percent, executives are willing to accept the lower figure because of various start-up inefficiencies. The following information is available for first-year operations:
Hours of service to be provided: 25,000
Anticipated variable cost per service hour: $21.40
Anticipated fixed cost: $1,840,000 per year
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Investment made | 17100000 | ||||
Multipy: Rate of return | 14% | ||||
target return | 2394000 | ||||
Req b: | |||||
Fixed cost | 1840000 | ||||
Add: profit | 2394000 | ||||
Contribution | 4234000 | ||||
Divide: Hour | 25000 | ||||
CM per hour | 169.36 | ||||
Add Variable cost per hour | 21.4 | ||||
Revenue per houour required | 190.76 | ||||
Req c: | |||||
No, the company cannot be able t o achieve desired return. | |||||
As revenue charged $ 176 is less than $ 190.76 | |||||
Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] MPE, Inc. will soon enter...
Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] MPE, Inc. will soon enter a very competitive marketplace in which it will have limited influence over the prices that are charged. Management and consultants are currently working to fine-tune the company’s sole service, which hopefully will generate a 12 percent first-year return (profit) on the firm’s $17,100,000 asset investment. Although the normal return in MPE’s industry is 14 percent, executives are willing to accept the lower figure because...
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