Break-even analysis for a service company Rotelco is one of the largest digital wireless service providers in the United States. In a recent year, it had approximately 100 direct subscribers (accounts) that generated revenue of $36,300. Costs and expenses for the year were as follows: Cost of revenue $16,300 Selling, general, and administrative expenses 11,600 Depreciation 4,000 Assume that 60% of the cost of revenue and 30% of the selling, general, and administrative expenses are variable to the number of direct subscribers (accounts). In part (a) and (b), round all interim calculations and final answers to one decimal place. a. What is Rotelco's break-even number of accounts, using the data and assumptions above? Round to the nearest whole number. accounts b. How much revenue per account would be sufficient for Rotelco to break even if the number of accounts remained constant? Round to the nearest dollar. $ per account
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1.A monopolist has a constant MC = 40 per unit produced, has no fixed costs and faces a demand curve of q = 200 – 2P. If the monopolist sells at a single price, which statement is true about the monopolist’s profit-maximising quantity and price? Group of answer choices
q = 120, P = 40 q = 40, P = 80 q = 60, P = 70 q = 40, P = 60 None of the other answers is correct
2
If a firm is currently producing in the elastic part of the demand curve. The firm:
Group of answer choices
A.cannot increase its total revenue further because it is already maximized
B.None of the other answers is correct.
C.can increase its total revenue by shutting down
D.can decrease its total revenue by decreasing the price
E.can decrease its total revenue by increasing the price
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2. Suppose a video game company sells the following two products separately: console and headset. Through a consumer survey group, it has estimated that the following individuals value the two products at the following prices:
|
Consumer |
Console Valuation |
Headset Valuation |
|
Louis |
$350 |
$40 |
|
Lois |
$200 |
$60 |
a) If the company prices the console at $350 each and the headset at $40 each, how much revenue will the firm receive?
b) If the company prices the console at $200 each and the headset at $60 each, how much revenue will the firm receive?
c) Suppose the company bundles the console and the headset together for a package price of $260 each. What would be the total revenue in this case?
d) Is there a bundle price at which both consumers will purchase the package that yields the highest revenue of any possibility on this page? If so, what will it be? If not, why not?
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Suppose a pro sports franchise faces demand for tickets to its home events according to the function Q = 13000 - 50P, where P is the price per ticket in dollars, and earns marginal revenue according to the function MR = 260 - 0.04Q, where Q is the quantity fo tickets. For this franchise, the vertical intercept of the demand function is
a. greater than the vertical intercept of the marginal revenue function
b. equal to the vertical intercept of the marginal revenue function
c. less than the vertical intercept of the marginal revenue function
d. equal to 13,000 tickets sold
Suppose the sports franchise discussed in item above incurs marginal costs according to the function MC = 80 + 0.01Q. Assuming the franchise is a profit-maximizer, it will generate consumer surplus in this market of:
a. $676,800
b. $259,200
c. $129,600
d. none of the above
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A diner has no competition when it comes to its famous Reuben sandwich combo plate, for which the graph shows the diner's demand (D), marginal cost (MC), and marginal revenue (MR) curves. The price of $20 is based on the MR MC rule for profit maximization. The rectangular region shown represents the net revenue from sales of the sandwich (total revenue from Reuben combo sales minus total variable costs associated with Reuben combo sales)
Now, suppose the diner decides to raise the price during the lunch hour, which accounts for 60% of Reuben combo sales, knowing that its lunch-hour patrons are the most loyal buyers of the Reuben combo and also that they are locked into the lunchtime slot by their work schedules. The diner raises the price just enough not to lose any lunch-hour buyers. Use the area tool to outline the region representing the resulting additional net revenue from the price increase. Your answer should be a rectangle drawn with four corners.

As a result of the revised price structure, the diners net revenue from Reuben combo sales goes from $____ to $____ per day.
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On June 15, 2018, Sanderson Construction entered into a
long-term construction contract to build a baseball stadium in
Washington, D.C., for $410 million. The expected completion date is
April 1, 2020, just in time for the 2020 baseball season. Costs
incurred and estimated costs to complete at year-end for the life
of the contract are as follows ($ in millions):
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||||
| Costs incurred during the year | $ | 50 | $ | 150 | $ | 45 | |||
| Estimated costs to complete as of December 31 | 200 | 50 | — | ||||||
Required:
1. Compute the revenue and gross profit will
Sanderson report in its 2018, 2019, and 2020 income statements
related to this contract assuming Sanderson recognizes revenue over
time according to percentage of completion.
2. Compute the revenue and gross profit will
Sanderson report in its 2018, 2019, and 2020 income statements
related to this contract assuming this project does not qualify for
revenue recognition over time.
3. Suppose the estimated costs to complete at the
end of 2019 are $200 million instead of $50 million. Compute the
amount of revenue and gross profit or loss to be recognized in 2019
using the percentage of completion method.
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On June 15, 2018, Sanderson Construction entered into a
long-term construction contract to build a baseball stadium in
Washington, D.C., for $310 million. The expected completion date is
April 1, 2020, just in time for the 2020 baseball season. Costs
incurred and estimated costs to complete at year-end for the life
of the contract are as follows ($ in millions):
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||||
| Costs incurred during the year | $ | 70 | $ | 60 | $ | 30 | |||
| Estimated costs to complete as of December 31 | 130 | 30 | — | ||||||
Required:
1. Compute the revenue and gross profit will
Sanderson report in its 2018, 2019, and 2020 income statements
related to this contract assuming Sanderson recognizes revenue over
time according to percentage of completion.
2. Compute the revenue and gross profit will
Sanderson report in its 2018, 2019, and 2020 income statements
related to this contract assuming this project does not qualify for
revenue recognition over time.
3. Suppose the estimated costs to complete at the
end of 2019 are $120 million instead of $30 million. Compute the
amount of revenue and gross profit or loss to be recognized in 2019
using the percentage of completion method.
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A 335-room hotel property recorded in 2004 a 66.6% occupancy and an ADR of $117.98. What is the property’s franchise fee (1) on a per available room basis and (2) as a percentage of rooms revenue if the agreement required the hotel to pay a reservation fee of $7.65 per available room per month; a royalty fee of 5% of rooms revenue; an advertising fee of 2.3% of rooms revenue; and a frequent traveler program fee of $5.00 per occupied room. The hotel had frequent stay guests totaling 6% of the occupied rooms. The initial fee is a minimum of $45,000 plus $300 per room for each room over 150.
1. Please use the information from Question 1 to calculate the Total franchise fee.
Total franchise fee (round to a whole number) $ ___
2. Please use the information from Question 1 to calculate the Franchise fee on PAR basis.
Franchise fee on PAR basis (round to two decimal places) $___ PAR/yea
3.Please use the information from Question 1 to calculate the Franchise fee as a % of revenue.
Franchise fee as a % of revenue (round to two decimal places) ___%
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A juice shop in Santa Barbara serves two types of consumers: tourists and locals. Tourists’ inverse demand per day is P(q) = (50−q)/5 . Locals’ inverse demand per day is P(q) = (500−q)/ 50 . In order to sell a total of 55 juice bottles per day, what price should the shop charge per bottle? (a) $12 (b) $10 (c) $9 (d) $8 3.
(continued from previous question) Assume that the number of tourists coming to Santa Barbara double. (This means that demand from tourists at every price level doubles.) But, at the same time, due to an economic recession, the local demand becomes more price sensitive. P(q) = (500−q)/ 100 .
Which statement is correct?
(a) To maximize revenue, it is optimal to price high enough to only target tourists.
(b) At the revenue maximizing price, there is higher revenue generated from the local population relative to tourists.
(c) The revenue maximizing price is $4 per bottle.
(d) If the tourists stop coming (demand decreases to 0), to maximize revenue the shop owner would increase the price.
A is correct but why?
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Alsup Consulting sometimes performs services for which it
receives payment at the conclusion of the engagement, up to six
months after services commence. Alsup recognizes service revenue
for financial reporting purposes when the services are performed.
For tax purposes, revenue is reported when fees are collected.
Service revenue, collections, and pretax accounting income for
2017–2020 are as follows:
| Service Revenue | Collections |
Pretax Accounting Income |
|||||||
| 2017 | $ | 661,000 | $ | 626,000 | $ | 190,000 | |||
| 2018 | 750,000 | 760,000 | 255,000 | ||||||
| 2019 | 715,000 | 685,000 | 225,000 | ||||||
| 2020 | 700,000 | 720,000 | 205,000 | ||||||
There are no differences between accounting income and taxable
income other than the temporary difference described above. The
enacted tax rate for each year is 40%.
(Hint: You may find it helpful to prepare a schedule that shows the
balances in service revenue receivable at December 31,
2017–2020.)
Required:
1. Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record
Alsup's 2018 income taxes, Alsup’s 2019 income taxes and Alsup’s
2020 income taxes. (If no entry is required for a
transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first
account field. Enter your answers in thousands.)
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