Tommasino Products, Inc., has a Motor Division that manufactures and sells a number of products, including a standard motor that could be used by another division in the company, the Automotive Division, in one of its products. Data concerning that motor appear below: Capacity in units 83,000Selling price to outside customers$74Variable cost per unit$22Fixed cost per unit (based on capacity)$28?The Automotive Division is currently purchasing 9,000 of these motors per year from an overseas supplier at a cost of $72 per motor.?Assume that the Motor Division is selling all of the motors it can produce to outside customers. Does there exist a transfer price that would make both the Motor and Automotive Division financially better off than if the Automotive Division were to continue
buying its motors from the outside supplier?
A. The answer cannot be determined from the information that has been provided.
B. Yes, the minimum transfer price that the selling division should be willing to accept is less than the maximum transfer price that the buying division should be willing to accept.
C. No, the minimum transfer price that the selling division should be willing to accept exceeds the maximum transfer price that the buying division should be willing to accept.
D. Yes, both divisions are always better off regardless of whether the selling division has enough idle capacity to handle all of the buying division's needs.
Answer: C
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