Question

The Alpha Division of the Carlson Company manufactures product X at a variable cost of $40 per unit. Alpha Division's fixed costs, which are sunk, are $20 per unit. The market price of X is $70 per unit. Beta Division of Carlson Company uses product X to make Y. The variable costs to convert X to Y are $20 per unit and the fixed costs, which are sunk, are $10 per unit. The product Y sells for $80 per unit. What transfer price of X causes divisional managers to make decentralized decisions that maximize Carlson Company's profit if each division is treated as a profit center? $80 $70 $30 $40 cannot be determined from information provided

Answer 1

Answer:

$70 per unit.

Explanation:

Based on the information given we were been told that the market price of X costs the amount of $70 per unit which simply means that market price exists, based on this the transfer price of X in a situation were each division is been treated as a profit making center will be the market price of $70 per unit.