Question

Acme LLC has already paid $10,000,000 in Research & Development costs. Unfortunately, times have changed. Since they started R&D, the market for their new product, "the fancy machine," has shrunk. Acme’s accountants have determined that if they were to still produce the fancy machines, the quantity that would produce the highest revenue would be is 1,000,000 fancy machines. Each machine costs $4 to make and would be sold for $12. What should Acme do?

Answer 1

Answer:

he best course of action for Acme to take would be to produce the 1,000,000 products as the accountants have stated

Explanation:

Based on the information provided, the best course of action for Acme to take would be to produce the 1,000,000 products as the accountants have stated. From solely taking into account the fixed costs of producing the products, if the company were to produce the desired amount and sell them they would recover a total of 8,000,000 from the costs that they have incurred in Research & Development. This is not taking into account the variable costs that may be incurred, still, they recover much of what they have already spent.