Decision Point: Pricing Your Bookshelf Your next task is to provide a pricing recommendation for the bookshelf system. The product comes with five equal-length finished walnut shelves and the hardware to hang the shelves. When assembled, the shelves look like they are floating on the wall. The product strategy team suggests taking into consideration the break-even point in determining the bookshelf system's price. You ask Conner about expectations around this product. He says, "The bookshelf system is a popular item. I expect around 2,500 units to be sold this year." Production informs you that the variable costs are $50/unit. Fixed costs are $150,000. What price point do you recommend for the bookshelf system?

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P8-4b dropping unfavorable division based on the following analysis of last year's operations of groves, inc., a financial vice president of the company believes that the firm's total net income could be increased by $160,000 if its design division were discontinued. (amounts are given in the thousands of dollars.) required provide answers for each of the following independent situations: a. assuming that total fixed costs and expenses would not be affected by discontinuing the design division, prepare an analysis showing why you agree or disagree with the vice president. b. assume that the discontinuance of the design division will enable the company to avoid 30% of the fixed portion of cost of services and 40% of the fixed operating expenses allocated to the design division. calculate the resulting effect on net income. c. assume that in addition to the cost avoidance in requirement (b), the capacity released by discontinuance of the design division can be used to provide 6,000 new services that would have a variable cost per service of $60 and would require additional fixed costs totaling $68,000. at what unit price must the new service be sold if groves is to increase its total net income by $180,000?

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