The Shirt Works sells a large variety of tee shirts and sweatshirts. Steve Hooper, the owner, is thinking of expanding his sales by hiring high school students, on a commission basis, to sell sweatshirts bearing the name and mascot of the local high school. These sweatshirts would have to be ordered from the manufacturer six weeks in advance and could not be returned because of the unique printing required. The sweatshirts would cost Hooper $23.00 each with a minimum order of 176 sweatshirts. Any additional sweatshirts would have to be ordered in increments of 176. Because Hooper's plan would not require any additional facilities, the only costs associated with the project would be the costs of the sweatshirts and the costs of the sales commissions. The selling price of the sweatshirts would be $46.00 each. Hooper would pay the students a commission of $4.00 for each shirt sold. Required: 1. What level of unit sales and dollar sales is needed to attain a target profit of $13,376? 2. Assume that Hooper places an initial order for 176 sweatshirts. What is his break-even point in unit sales and dollar sales? Note: Round your intermediate calculations, round "Break-even point in unit sales" up to the nearest whole unit and round "Break-even point in dollar sales" to the nearest whole dollar. 3. How many sweatshirts would Hooper need to sell to earn a target profit of $15,048? Note: Round final answer up to the nearest whole unit.

Quality Clothing, Inc., produces skorts and jumper uniforms for school children. In the process of cutting out the cloth pieces for each product, a certain amount of scrap cloth is produced. Quality has been selling this cloth scrap to Jorge's Scrap Warehouse for $3.15 per pound. Last year, the company sold 40,000 lb. of scrap, which would be enough to make 10,000 teddy bears that the management of Quality is now interested in producing. Their processes would need some reprogramming, particularly in the cutting and stitching processes, but it would require no additional worker training. However, new packaging would be needed. The total variable cost to produce the teddy bears $3.85. Fixed costs would increase by $95,000 per year for the lease of the packaging equipment and Quality estimates it could produce and sell 10,000 teddy bears per year. Finished teddy bears could be sold for $18.00 each. Calculate the effect on operating income. Round your answers to the nearest dollar. Sell at…

Freshly Farms plants 80 acres of Brussels sprouts every spring. Freshly sells its sprouts to a farmers cooperative, which sells them to a wholesaler, which sells them to retailers, which sells them to consumers. The farmers cooperative buys Freshly Brussels sprouts for $0.98 per pound. The cooperative takes a 16% margin on the cooperative's selling price. The wholesaler takes a 16% markup on the wholesaler's cost. The retailer takes a 15% margin on the retailer's selling price. How much does a consumer pay to the retailer for one pound of Freshly Farms Brussels sprouts? (Rounding: penny.) ANSWER IS: 1.59, but HOW is that the answer? Please explain.

Please answer all questions in their entirety. Please remember to use exact terminology and make the answers clear.   The Shirt Works sells a large variety of tee shirts and sweatshirts. Steve Hooper, the owner, is thinking of expanding his sales by hiring high school students, on a commission basis, to sell sweatshirts bearing the name and mascot of the local high school.   These sweatshirts would have to be ordered from the manufacturer six weeks in advance, and they could not be returned because of the unique printing required. The sweatshirts would cost Hooper $19.00 each with a minimum order of 180 sweatshirts. Any additional sweatshirts would have to be ordered in increments of 180.   Since Hooper’s plan would not require any additional facilities, the only costs associated with the project would be the costs of the sweatshirts and the costs of the sales commissions. The selling price of the sweatshirts would be $38.00 each. Hooper would pay the students a commission of $5.00 for…