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- October 22, 2014 at 5:54 pm #205444
Hi,
I’m struggling with how the answer was achieved for this question:
“X Plc uses target costing and plans to achieve a profit mark up on cost of 35% on all of its products.
Market research indicates that the achievable selling price for one of its products is $42.00 and the current cost of producing the product is $33.55 per unit.”
Calculate the cost gap.
A) $6.25
B) $2.44
C) $5.25
D) $8.45I calculated the answer to be $6.25 I simply took the selling price and minus the mark up:
$42 x 35% = $14.70 Mark up
42-14.70 = $27.30 Target Cost
33.55 – 27.30 = $6.25 Cost gapHowever, upon checking the answer it is in fact $2.44.
Can anyone please assist.
Thank you,
October 22, 2014 at 7:48 pm #205469Mark up is a % of cost!
You have taken it as a % of selling price.
October 22, 2014 at 8:16 pm #205483Thank you John!
So:
42 x 35 / 135 = 10.88* Mark up
42 – 10.88 = 31.12* Target cost
33.55 – 31.12 = 2.43* Cost gap*rounding
October 23, 2014 at 1:51 pm #205613That is correct 🙂
November 1, 2014 at 11:31 am #207087LOL i forgt everything by solving this,,,,,,,, 😛
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