Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Managerial Chapters (6th Edition)
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Chapter 20, Problem 2QC
Assume Intervale Railway is considering hiring a reservations agency to handle passenger reservations. The agency would charge a flat fee of $13,000 per month, plus $3 per passenger reservation. What is the
- a. $613,000
- b. $3.07
- c. $600,000
- d. $13,000
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Assume Intervale Railway is considering hiring a reservations agency to handle passenger reservations. The agency would charge a flat fee of $13,000 per month, plus $3 per passenger reservation. What is the total reservation cost if 200,000 passengers take the trip next month?
a. $613,000
b. $3.07
c. $600,000
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Assume Intervale Railway is considering hiring a reservations agency to handle passenger reservations. The agency would charge a flat fee of $13,000 per month, plus $3 per passenger reservation. What is the total reservation cost if 200,000 passengers take the trip next month?
$613,000
$3.07
$600,000
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The manager of a tourist attraction is considering whether to open on 1 January, a day when the attraction has, in previous years, been closed. The attraction has a daily capacity of 1,000 visitors. If the attraction opens for business on that day it will incur additional specific fixed costs of $30,000.
The contribution from the sale of tickets would be $25 per visitor. The number of visitors is uncertain but based on past experience it is expected to be as follows:
Number of Visitors
Probability
800 visitors
50%
900 visitors
30%
1,000 visitors
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Spending per Visitors
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$8 per visitor
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$10 per visitor
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Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Managerial Chapters (6th Edition)
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