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17 February, 20:49

Premo Pens, Inc. is in the process of developing a new pen to replace its existing top-of-line Executive Model. Market research has identified the critical features the pen must have and it is estimated that customers would be willing to pay $30 for a pen with these features. Premo's production manager estimates that it will cost $26 to produce the proposed model. The current Executive Model sells for $24 and has a total production cost of $20. A competitor sells a pen similar to the proposed model, but without Premo's patented easy retract feature, for $28. It is estimated to cost the competitor $25 to produce.

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1. If Premo seeks to earn a 20% return on sales on the new model, which of the following represents the target cost for the new pen?

a. $26.00

b. $22.40

c. $24.00

d. $19.80

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  1. 17 February, 23:07
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    c. $24.00

    Explanation:

    The computation of the target cost is shown below:

    Target cost = Selling price - (Selling price * profit margin)

    where,

    Selling price = $30

    And, the profit margin is 20%

    So, the target cost is

    = $30 - ($30 * 20%)

    = $30 - $6

    = $24

    Basically, by using the above formula, we can find out the target cost after considering the selling price and the profit margin
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