Camp Corporation produces a single product that it currently sells for P10. Fixed expenses are P120,000 for the year and variable expenses are P6 per unit. In addition, Camp’s salespersons are paid a commission of 10% of their sales. A customer has just approached Camp to make a special, one-time purchase of 10,000 units. These units would not be sold by the salespeople, and therefore no commission would have to be paid. The price Camp would have to charge on this special order to earn an additional profit of P40,000 is: P9.00 per unit P10.00 per unit P5.00 per unit P11.20 per unit

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Camp Corporation produces a single product that it currently sells for P10. Fixed expenses are P120,000 for the year and variable expenses are P6 per unit. In addition, Camp’s salespersons are paid a commission of 10% of their sales.

A customer has just approached Camp to make a special, one-time purchase of 10,000 units. These units would not be sold by the salespeople, and therefore no commission would have to be paid. The price Camp would have to charge on this special order to earn an additional profit of P40,000 is:

  • P9.00 per unit
  • P10.00 per unit
  • P5.00 per unit
  • P11.20 per unit
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