Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (11th Edition)
Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (11th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134111056
Author: Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Larry P. Ritzman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Dr. Gulakowicz is an orthodontist. She estimates that adding two new chairs will increase fixed costs by $150,000, including the annual equivalent cost of the capital investment and the salary of one more technician. Each new patient is expected to bring in $3,000 per year in additional revenue, with variable costs estimated at $1,000 per patient. The two new chairs will allow Dr. Gulakowicz to expand her practice by as many as 200 patients annually. How many patients would have to be added for the new process to break even?

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Dr. Gulakowicz is an orthodontist. She estimates that adding two new chairs will increase fixed costs by $150,000​, including the annual equivalent cost of the capital investment and the salary of one more technician. Each new patient is expected to bring in $2,980 per year in additional​ revenue, with variable costs estimated at $1,030 per patient. The two new chairs will allow Dr. Gulakowicz to expand her practice by as many as 215 patients annually. How many patients would have to be added for the new process to break​ even? (Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole​ number.)
Dr. Gulakowicz is an orthodontist. She estimates that adding two new chairs will increase fixed costs by $147,000, including the annual equivalent cost of the capital investment and the salary of one more technician. Each new patient is expected to bring in $2,970 per year in additional revenue, with variable costs estimated at $970 per patient. The two new chairs will allow Dr. Gulakowicz to expand her practice by as many as 190 patients annually. How many patients would have to be added for the new process to break even? patients. (Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number.) The break-even volume is

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