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Need solution for 3rd question I solved first part below is my answers so far. Really...

Need solution for 3rd question

I solved first part below is my answers so far. Really need help on second question.

Below is the Background, What I need to do, and the price data to start with. Any help with getting me started is appreciated.   
Background
The Book Emporium wants to price books to optimize profits. The spreadsheet for this homework has
sales data on Harry Potter book 7. For each week, the Book Emporium varied prices on Harry Potter
7 to determine a demand curve. The percent of customers who visited BookEmporium.com and purchased
Harry Potter book 7 is shown in the spreadsheet. J.K. Rowling has announced a sequel to the Harry
Potter series. Determine the price for the sequel.
Definitions
Price what you will charge each customer who purchases the new book Book Cost   
what you must pay the publisher for each book
% purchased in your pricing test, the percent of people who bought at that price Predicted %   
your regression model estimate of the percent sold based on price Predicted sales estimate of
number of customers who buy the book from you Revenue total revenue generated (price *
predicted sales)
Profit (price – book cost) * predicted sales
Assumptions
1. Assume that the demand for the book sequel will be similar to Harry Potter 7.
2. Assume that 100,000 customers will consider purchasing a book from you
3. The data is not an entirely accurate prediction of the demand, but a regression on the data
using a power model will give a reasonable prediction
4. Assume that you pay the publisher $5.00 for each book.

Outline and grading criteria:

1. Regression analysis (40%)
a. Graph the percent purchased against price (5%)
b. Perform a regression using power regression to determine the predicted % column.
i. Graph the new curve (5%)
ii. Estimate the equation of the line (5%)
iii. What does the R2 mean? (5%)
c. Assuming there are 100,000 customers who visit your website and the publisher cost is $5.00,
estimate the number of books sold (predicted sales column) (5%)
d. Calculate the revenue column (price * predicted sales) (5%)
e. Calculate the profit column ((price – book cost) * predicted sales) (5%)
f. Use conditional formatting to highlight the profit values for all prices (5%)
2. Optimization analysis (with constraints) (30%)
a. Calculate the price point for the highest profit possible
i. The publisher will sell the books to you at $5.00 each with no minimum order (10%)
ii. The publisher has agreed to sell you the books at $4.50 each if you sell at least 30,000
(10%)
iii. The publisher has agreed to sell you the books at $4.00 each if you sell at least 50,000
(10%)
b. Run a constrained optimization for each of the above situations to determine which cost point
(from the publisher) and price (to your customer) maximizes your profit. Which cost point should
you accept from the publisher?
3. Discussion (30%)
a. What are the risks of using Harry Potter 7 data in predicting your new demand curve for the
Harry Potter sequel? (15%)
b. What other data would you like to have to perform your analysis? (15%)

Price

% Purchased

Predicted %

Predicted Sales

Revenue

Profit

$     5.00  

65%

$     6.00

50%

$     7.00

40%

$     8.00

32%

$     9.00

25%

$   10.00

20%

$   11.00

16%

$   12.00

13%

$   13.00

11%

$   14.00

10%

$   15.00

8%

$   16.00

7%

$   17.00

6%

$   18.00

6%

$   19.00

5%

$   20.00

5%

$   21.00

5%

$   22.00

4%

$   23.00

4%

$   24.00

4%

$   25.00

4%

Book Cost

$             5.00

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1. On October 1, BSS placed an order for 100 golf shirts at a unit cost...

1.

On October 1, BSS placed an order for 100 golf shirts at a unit cost of $21, under terms 2/10, n/30. Record the place of the order for golf shirts.

2.

The order placed on October 1 was received by BSS on October 10, but 10 golf shirts had been damaged in shipment. Record the inventory purchased on account.

3.

On October 11, the 10 damaged golf shirts were returned. Record the return of the damaged inventory.

4.

On October 12, BSS complained that the remaining golf shirts were slightly defective so the supplier grated a $290 allowance. Record the allowance received for the defective inventory purchased.

5.

On October 13, BSS paid for the golf shirts. Record the payment in full.

6.

During the first week of October BSS received student and faculty orders for 90 golf shirts, at a unit price of $39.00, on terms 2/10, n/30. The golf shirts were delivered to the customers on October 18. Record the sales revenue on account for the order.

7.

During the first week of October BSS received student and faculty orders for 90 golf shirts, at a unit price of $39.00, on terms 2/10, n/30. The golf shirts were delivered to the customers on October 18. Record the cost of goods sold for the order.

8.

Customers were unhappy with the golf shirts, so BSS permitted them to be returned or gave an allowance of $9.00 per shirt. On October 21, one-half of the golf shirts were returned by customers. Record the return of the unsatisfactory merchandise sold on account.

9.

Customers were unhappy with the golf shirts, so BSS permitted them to be returned or gave an allowance of $9.00 per shirt. On October 21, one-half of the golf shirts were returned by customers. Record the cost of goods returned.

10.

Customers were unhappy with the golf shirts, so BSS permitted them to be returned or gave an allowance of $9.00 per shirt. On October 22, the remaining 45 customers were granted the allowance. Record the allowance granted for the defective inventory sold on account.

11.

On October 25, the customers paid their remaining balances due on account. Record the customers' payments in full.

12.

As of October 31, the payment of inventory ordered in full dated October 13 had not yet cleared the bank. Record the Otober 13 check that had not yet cleared the bank.

value:
1.33 points

Required information

C6-1 Part 1

Required:
1b.

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1a.

Report the financial effects of the above transactions in a multistep income statement for the month ended October 31 prepared for internal use. Assume operating expenses, other than cost of goods sold, are $100 and income tax expense is $135.

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9.  

Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $180 and $145, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $6 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 118,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below:

Alpha Beta
Direct materials $ 36 $ 24
Direct labor 32 27
Variable manufacturing overhead 19 17
Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead 27 30
Variable selling expenses 24 20
Common fixed expenses 27 22
Total cost per unit $ 165 $ 140

The company considers its traceable fixed manufacturing overhead to be avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses are unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars.

9. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 92,000 Alphas during the current year. A supplier has offered to manufacture and deliver 92,000 Alphas to Cane for a price of $128 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 92,000 units from the supplier instead of making those units?

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$6,000

$7,000

$0

None of the other answers is correct

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