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Target CostingEastern Auto Supply, Inc., produces and distributes auto supplies. The compa...

Target Costing

Eastern Auto Supply, Inc., produces and distributes auto supplies. The company is anxious to enter the rapidly growing market for long-life batteries that is based on lithium technology. Management believes that to be fully competitive, the price of the new battery that the company is developing cannot exceed$65. At this price, management is confident that the company can sell 50,000 batteries per year. The batteries would require an investment of $2, 500,000, and the desired ROI is 20%

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Compute the target cost of one battery.

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