Demand Estimation

QUESTION 3: What price increase would be required to cover the increase in cost of hiring the press if unit volume (copies per issue) remain the same?

Compute the projected profit for the order quantities suggested by the management team under three scenarios: worst case in which sales = 10,000 units, most likely case in which sales = 20,000 units, and best case in which sales = 30,000 units.

Question 31 In Bovania, cattle compose 48% of the consumer price index (CPI), housing composes 32%, and entertainment accounts for the remaining 20%. If, in a certain year, the price of cattle rises by 30% and the price of housing rises by 25%, then:

3. Market research estimates that monthly equipment production could be increased to 3,500 units which is well within production capacity limitations, if the price were cut from $1,580 to $1,400 per unit. Assuming the cost behavior patterns implied by the data in Exhibit 1 are correct, would you recommend that this action be taken? What would be the impact on monthly sales, costs, and income?

The shop has five (5) barbers. (Ned does not work in the shop and, as owner/entrepreneur, he takes no salary.) Each barber is paid an annual salary of $18,000. All equipment including store fixtures and barbering equipment is leased on an annual basis at $4,500 per year. Building space is leased at the rate of $500 per month (or $6,000 per year). Ned is concerned about the shop’s cost structure and seeks your advice.

In January, Reyes Tool & Dye requisitions raw materials for production as follows: Job 1 $960, Job 2 $1,630, Job 3 $720, and general factory use $680. During January, time tickets show that the factory labor of $6,100 was used as follows: Job 1 $1,570, Job 2 $1,940 Job 3 $1,670, and general factory use $920. Prepare the job cost sheets for each of the three jobs. (If answer is zero, please enter 0, do not leave any fields blank.) Job 1 Date 1/31 1/31 Direct Materials 960 0 Job 2 Date 1/31 1/31 Direct Materials 1630 0 Job 3 Date 1/31 1/31 Direct Materials 720 0 0 1670 Direct Labor 0 1,940 Direct Labor 0 1570 Direct Labor

1. The local Mastermind store sells innovative educational toys. Part of their service is giving advice to customers about the best toys for a particular age group, which requires having more customer service representatives in the store. During the month long Christmas buying season, it makes half of its $500,000 yearly sales. Its contribution margin on average is 40% and its fixed costs for the year are about $150,000. The owner believes that she could make even higher sales, if she had more customer service representatives on the floor during the peak season. She plans on hiring four more people for 200 hours each at $20 per hour. How much additional revenue does she have earn to the nearest dollar

13. If price elasticity of demand = -1.5 and price decreases by 20 percent, then

The new owner of a beauty shop is trying to decide whether to hire one, two, or three beauticians. She estimates that profits next year (in thousands of dollars) will vary with demand for her services and has estimated demand in three categories low, medium and high.

In this problem, we analyze the profit found for sales of decorative tiles. A demand equation (sometimes called a demand curve) shows how much money people would pay for a product

Total Sales Dollars (for covering each incremental dollar of advertising) = Absolute increase in dollar sales / Advertising expense = $500,000 / $150,000 = $3.33

4. Using the following information for individuals and their willingness to pay for a bottle of ginger ale, calculate the total consumer surplus at a market price of $5.

30. The manager of the local National Video Store sells videocassette recorders at discount prices. If the store does not have a video recorder in stock when a customer wants to buy one, it will lose the sale because the customer will purchase a recorder from one of the many local competitors. The problem is that the cost of renting warehouse space to keep enough recorders in inventory to meet all demand is excessively high. The manager has determined that if 90% of customer demand for recorders can be met, then the combined cost of lost sales and inventory will be minimized. The manager has estimated that monthly demand for recorders is normally distributed, with a mean of 180 recorders and a standard deviation of 60. Determine the number of recorders the manager should order each month to meet 90% of customer demand.

showed Mrs. Carter the job estimation sheet, it laid out the numbers showing that Lambeth could not do the job for less than $1,625. Right there Lambeth would lose $125 since Mrs. Carter was not willing to pay any more than $1,500, not to mention their $275 profit. If the company would have taken the job for $1,500, instead of $1,900, they would have lost a total of $400.

Suppose South Australian consumers’ average incomes increase from $3,000 to $3,400 per month, which then results in an increase in the quantity of smartphones demanded from 15,000 to18,500. You are required to do the following: