Whispering Corp. enters into a contract with a customer to build an apartment building for $979,400. The customer hopes to rent apartments at the beginning of the school year and provides a performance bonus of $144,300 to be paid if the building is ready for rental beginning August 1, 2021. The bonus is reduced by $48,100 each week that completion is delayed. Whispering commonly includes these completion bonuses in its contracts and, based on prior experience, estimates the following completion outcomes: Completed by   Probability August 1, 2021   70 % August 8, 2021   20   August 15, 2021   5   After August 15, 2021   5   Determine the transaction price for this contract. Transaction Price   $enter the transaction price for this contract

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Whispering Corp. enters into a contract with a customer to build an apartment building for $979,400. The customer hopes to rent apartments at the beginning of the school year and provides a performance bonus of $144,300 to be paid if the building is ready for rental beginning August 1, 2021. The bonus is reduced by $48,100 each week that completion is delayed. Whispering commonly includes these completion bonuses in its contracts and, based on prior experience, estimates the following completion outcomes:

Completed by   Probability
August 1, 2021
  70 %
August 8, 2021
  20  
August 15, 2021
  5  
After August 15, 2021
  5  


Determine the transaction price for this contract.

Transaction Price   $enter the transaction price for this contract
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