Mark is opening an ice cream stand. He believes the fixed cost per week of running the stand is $50.00. His best guess is that he can sell 300 cones per week at $0.50 per cone. The variable cost of producing a cone of ice cream is $0.20. A- while using goal seek, given his other assumptions, what level of sales volume will enable him to break even? B- while using a one way data table given his other assumptions, discuss how a change in sales volume affects profit.
Mark is opening an ice cream stand. He believes the fixed cost per week of running the stand is $50.00. His best guess is that he can sell 300 cones per week at $0.50 per cone. The variable cost of producing a cone of ice cream is $0.20. A- while using goal seek, given his other assumptions, what level of sales volume will enable him to break even? B- while using a one way data table given his other assumptions, discuss how a change in sales volume affects profit.
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