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The editor of Golden magazine is considering three alternative prices for her new monthly periodical. Her estimate of price and quantity demanded are:
Price Quantity Demanded
$7.92 24,000
$6.99 32,000
$5.89 36,800
Monthly costs of producing and delivering the magazine include $94,900 of fixed costs and variable costs of $2.30 per issue.
Which price will yield the largest monthly profit? (Enter loss using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).)
Price Profit/(loss)
$7.92 $
$6.99 $
$5.89 $
enter a dollar amount
A price of $ yields the largest monthly profit.
enter the largest monthly profit amount in dollars rounded to 2 decimal places.
Computation of Monthly Profit:
| Price = $7.92 | Price = $6.99 | Price = $5.89 | |
| Selling Price per unit | 7.92 | 6.99 | 5.89 |
| Less : Variable Cost per unit | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| Contribution per unit (a) | 5.62 | 4.69 | 3.59 |
| Quantity Demanded (b) | 24000 | 32000 | 36800 |
| Total Contribution (a*b) | 134880 | 150080 | 132112 |
| Less: Fixed Cost | 94900 | 94900 | 94900 |
| Monthly Profit | 39980 | 55180 | 37212 |
A price of $6.99 yields the largest monthly profit.
