Take-a-Break Travel Company offers spring break travel packages to college students. Two of its packages, a 7-day, 6-night trip to Cancun and a 5-day, 4-night trip to Jamaica, have the following characteristics: Package Specifications Oceanfront room; number of nights Cost Data Meals: Breakfasts Lunches Dinners Scuba diving trips Water skiing trips Airfare (round trip from Miami) Transportation to and from airport. Cancun Jamaica 6 4 $ 55/night 6 4 $ 10/ea 7 5 $ 15/ea 6 4 $ 25/ea 3 2 $ 75/ea 4 2 $ 50/ea 1 1 $ 375 (Cancun), $ 550 (Jamaica) 1 1 $ 25 (Cancun), $ 40 (Jamaica) The Cancun trip sells for $1,750, and the Jamaica trip sells for $1,500, and both packages allow two bags to be checked for free. Required: 1. What are the current profit margins on both trips? 2. Take-a-Break's management believes that it must drop the price of each trip by $100 in order to remain competitive in the market. Recalculate profit margins for both packages at these price levels. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 What are the current profit margins on both trips? (Round percentage answers to 1 decimal place (i.e. .123 = 12.3%).) Cancun Jamaica Profit margin Profit margin (%) % %

Take-a-Break Travel Company offers spring break travel packages to college students. Two of its packages, a 7-day, 6-night trip to Cancun and a 5-day, 4-night trip to Jamaica, have the following characteristics: Package Specifications Oceanfront room; number of nights Cost Data Meals: Breakfasts Lunches Dinners Scuba diving trips Water skiing trips Airfare (round trip from Miami) Transportation to and from airport. Cancun Jamaica 6 4 $ 55/night 6 4 $ 10/ea 7 5 $ 15/ea 6 4 $ 25/ea 3 2 $ 75/ea 4 2 $ 50/ea 1 1 $ 375 (Cancun), $ 550 (Jamaica) 1 1 $ 25 (Cancun), $ 40 (Jamaica) The Cancun trip sells for $1,750, and the Jamaica trip sells for $1,500, and both packages allow two bags to be checked for free. Required: 1. What are the current profit margins on both trips? 2. Take-a-Break's management believes that it must drop the price of each trip by $100 in order to remain competitive in the market. Recalculate profit margins for both packages at these price levels. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 What are the current profit margins on both trips? (Round percentage answers to 1 decimal place (i.e. .123 = 12.3%).) Cancun Jamaica Profit margin Profit margin (%) % %

Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)

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Author:Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen

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Chapter7: Allocating Costs Of Support Departments And Joint Products

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Take-a-Break Travel Company offers spring break travel packages to college students. Two of its packages, a 7-day, 6-night trip to Cancun and a 5-day, 4-night trip to Jamaica, have the following characteristics: Package Specifications Oceanfront room; number of nights Meals: Breakfasts Lunches Dinners Scuba diving trips Water skiing trips Airfare (round trip from Miani) Cost Data $57/night Cancun Jamaica 6 4 6 4 $11/ea 7 5 $16/ea 6 4 $26/ea 3 2 $76/ea 4 $51/ea 1 1 $320 (Cancun), $500 (Jamaica) 1 1 $24 (Cancun), Transportation to and from airport $44 (Jamaica) The Cancun trip sells for $1,760, and the Jamaica trip sells for $1,520, and both packages allow two bags to be checked for free. Required: 1. What are the current profit margins on both trips? 2. Take-a-Break's management believes that it must drop the price of each trip by $101 in order to remain competitive in the market. Recalculate profit margins for both packages at these price levels. Complete this question by entering your…
Take-a-Break Travel Company offers spring break travel packages to college students. Two of its packages, a 7-day, 6-night trip to Cancun and a 5-day, 4-night trip to Jamaica, have the following characteristics: Package Specifications Oceanfront room; number of nights Meals: Breakfasts Lunches Dinners Scuba diving trips Water skiing trips Airfare (round trip from Miami) Transportation to and from airport Required 1 Cancun Jamaica 6 4 Required 2 Profit margin Profit margin (%) 69634 Cancun 7 $340 (Cancun), $500 (Jamaica) $46 (Cancun), $58 (Jamaica) The Cancun trip sells for $2,000, and the Jamaica trip sells for $1,760, and both packages allow two bags to be checked for free. % 1
Take-a-Break Travel Company offers spring break travel packages to college students. Two of its packages, a 7-day, 6-night trip to Cancun and a 5-day, 4-night trip to Jamaica, have the following characteristics: Package Specifications Oceanfront room; number of nights Meals: Breakfasts Lunches Dinners Scuba diving trips Water skiing trips Airfare (round trip from Miami) Transportation to and from airport Cancun Jamaica 6 4 Cost Data $75/night $14/ea 454227 69634L $19/ea $29/ea $91/ea $66/ea 1 $135 (Cancun), $515 (Jamaica) 1 1 $32 (Cancun), $60 (Jamaica) The Cancun trip sells for $2,060, and the Jamaica trip sells for $1,820, and both packages allow two bags to be checked for free. Required: 1. What are the current profit margins on both trips? 2. Take-a-Break's management believes that it must drop the price of each trip by $116 in order to remain competitive in the market. Recalculate profit margins for both packages at these price levels. Complete this question by entering your…
Take-a-Break Travel Company offers spring break travel packages to college students. Two of its packages, a 7-day, 6-night trip to Cancun and a 5-day, 4-night trip to Jamaica, have the following characteristics: Package Specifications Oceanfront room; number of nights Meals: Breakfasts Lunches Dinners Scuba diving trips Water skiing trips Transportation to and from airport Airfare (round trip from Miami) Cost Data Cancun 6 Jamaica 4 $ 55/night $ 10/ea 7 6963. 454221 4 1 1 1 $ 15/ea $ 25/ea $ 75/ea $ 50/ea $ 375 (Cancun), $ 550 (Jamaica) $ 25 (Cancun), $ 40 (Jamaica) The Cancun trip sells for $1,750, and the Jamaica trip sells for $1,500, and both packages allow two bags to be checked for free. Required: 1. What are the current profit margins on both trips? 2. Take-a-Break's management believes that it must drop the price of each trip by $100 in order to remain competitive in the market. Recalculate profit margins for both packages at these price levels. Complete this question by…
Take-a-Break Travel Company offers spring break travel packages to college students. Two of its packages, a 5-day, 4-night trip to Cancun and a 7-day, 6-night trip to Jamaica, have the following characteristics: Package Specifications Cancun Jamaica Cost Data Oceanfront room; number of nights 4 6 $ 20 /night Meals: Breakfasts 4 6 $ 5 /ea Lunches 4 6 $ 8 /ea Dinners 4 0 $ 10 /ea Scuba diving trips 6 3 $ 17 /ea Water skiing trips 8 4 $ 12 /ea Airfare (round trip from Miami) 1 1 $ 215 (Cancun), $ 290 (Jamaica) Transportation to and from airport 1 1 $ 17 (Cancun), $ 12 (Jamaica) The Cancun trip sells for $750, and the Jamaica trip sells for $690, and both packages allow two bags to be checked for free. Required: 1. What are the current profit margins on both trips? 2. Take-a-Break’s management…
Take-a-Break Travel Company offers spring break travel packages to college students. Two of its packages, a 7-day, 6-night trip to Cancun and a 5-day, 4-night trip to Jamaica, have the following characteristics: Package Specifications Oceanfront room; number of nights. Cancun 6 Jamaica Cost Data $57/night Meals: Breakfasts 6 4 $11/ea Lunches 7 5 $16/ea Dinners 6 4 $26/ea Scuba diving trips 3 2 $76/ea Water skiing trips 4 2 $51/ea Airfare (round trip from Miami) 1 1 $320 (Cancun), $500 (Jamaica) Transportation to and from airport 1 1 $24 (Cancun), $44 (Jamaica) The Cancun trip sells for $1,760, and the Jamaica trip sells for $1,520, and both packages allow two bags to be checked for free. Required: 1. What are the current profit margins on both trips? 2. Take-a-Break's management believes that it must drop the price of each trip by $101 in order to remain competitive in the market. Recalculate profit margins for both packages at these price levels. Complete this question by entering…
Westover Travel offers travel packages using both air and ocean travel. Westover offers two packages, Tourist and Premier, that differ in the accommodations, class of travel, and so on. Westover has a call center, which handles customer queries and complaints. The call center tracks the number of calls and the number of call - minutes for customers by the package they have purchased. Expected call center data for next month follow. Call center volume: Tourist Premier Number of calls 26,000 15,000 Number of call minutes 120,000 186, 000 Call center costs: Total Call - related $ 219, 350 Call minute - related 119,340 Total call center costs $ 338,690 The call center at Westover uses a two-stage cost allocation system: It uses the number of calls to allocate call - related costs and the number of call minutes to allocate call minute - related costs. Required: Compute the call - related overhead rate for next month. Note: Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Compute the call minute -…
Westover Travel offers travel packages using both air and ocean travel. Westover offers two packages, Tourist and Premier, that differ in the accommodations, class of travel, and so on. Westover has a call center, which handles customer queries and complaints. The call center tracks the number of calls and the number of call-minutes for customers by the package they have purchased. Expected call center data for next month follow. Call center volume: Number of calls Number of call minutes Call center costs: Call-related Call minute-related Total call center costs Tourist 29,000 126,000 Required: Total $ 222,950 106,920 $ 329,870 The call center at Westover uses a two-stage cost allocation system: It uses the number of calls to allocate call-related costs and the number of call minutes to allocate call minute-related costs. Premier 16,500 198,000 a. Call related-overhead rate b. Call minute-related overhead rate c. Call center costs allocated to Tourist d. Call center costs allocated to…
The Pacific Corporation operates car rental agencies at more than 20 airporta. Customers can choose from one of three contracts for car rentals of 1 day or less: A (Click the icon to view the contract information. Read the requirements. - X More info • Contract 1: $55 for the day • Contract 2: $35 for the day plus $0.20 per mile traveled • Contract 3: $1.20 per mile traveled Requirement 1. Plot separate graphs for each of the three contracts, with costs on the vertical axis and miles traveled on the horizontal axis. First let's draw the graph for contract 1. (Use the line tool button displayed below to draw the graph.) Contract 1 Print Done - X Requirements 1. Plot separate graphs for each of the three contracts, with costs on the vertical axis and miles traveled on the horizontal axis. 150 Click to Milas Iravaled per ny enlarge graph 2. Express each contract as a linear cost function of the form y=a+bX. 3. Identify each contract as a variable-, fixed-, or mixed-cost function. Print…
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