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Answer:
$221,500
Explanation:
The computation of the amount of the goodwill is shown below:
Goodwill = Acquiring value - fair market value of all assets
where,
Acquiring value = $502,000
And, the fair market value of all assets is
= Account receivable market value + inventory market value + fixed assets market value + other assets market value
= $35,000 + $183,000 + $46,500 + $16,000
= $280,500
So, the goodwill is
= $502,000 - $280,500
= $221,500
Answer:
- a. <em>Break-even quantity:</em> <u>28,000 pens</u>
- b<em>. Price</em>: <u>$1.51 per pen</u>
Explanation:
1. Break-even quantity
<u>a) Revenue, R(x)</u>
The monthly revenue is the product of the price by the number of units sold in the month.
Naming x the number of pens sold in the month:
<u>b) Cost, C(x)</u>
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The monthly cost is the sum of the fixed cost per month plus the variable costs:
- C(x) = $21,000 + 0.25 × x = 21,000 + 0.25x
<u>c) Break-even</u>
Break-even is the point when the revenue and the total costs are equal, this is, when the profit is zero. Write the equation and solve:
Hence, the break-even quantity is 28,000 pens.
2. Price pens must be sold to obtain a monthly profit of $18,000
Profit = Revenue - Total cost
- P(x) = x.p - [ 0.25x + 21,000]
Where p is the price.
- P(x) = x.p - 0.25x - 21,000
Substitute the quantity demanded, x, with 31,000, and the profit, P(x) with 18,000:
- 18,000 = 31,000p - 0.25(31,000) - 21,000
Solve for p and compute:
- 31,000p = 18,000 + 7,750 + 21,000
That is $1.51 per pen.
