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10 March, 11:10

Lofty Airlines has a flight for which the regular ticket price is $200 and the variable costs per passenger are $50. Fixed costs assigned to each flight are $12,000. Each flight has a capacity of 125 seats, with an average of 95 seats sold at the regular price. To attract customers to the last 30 unsold seats, Lofty discounts the tickets by 50% for standby passengers. The contribution margin per standby passenger is

a. $25

b. $150

c. $100

d. $50.

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  1. 10 March, 12:36
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    The correct answer is D.

    Explanation:

    Giving the following information:

    Lofty Airlines has a flight for which the regular ticket price is $200 and the variable costs per passenger are $50. To attract customers to the last 30 unsold seats, Lofty discounts the tickets by 50% for standby passengers.

    Contribution margin = selling price - unitary variable cost

    CM = 100 - 50 = 50
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