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Calculate the Division operating income for the AlphaShoe Company which manufactures only one type of shoe and has two divisions, the Sole Division, and the Assembly Division. The Sole Division manufactures soles for the Assembly Division, which completes the shoe and sells it to retailers. The Sole Division "sells" soles to the Assembly Division. The market price for the Assembly Division to purchase a pair of soles is $40. (Ignore changes in inventory.)The fixed costs for the Sole Division are assumed to be the same over the range of 40,000-100,000 units. The fixed costs for the Assembly Division are assumed to be $14 per pair at 100,000 units.

-Assume the transfer price for a pair of soles is 180% of total costs of the Sole Division and 40,000 of soles are produced and transferred to the Assembly Division. The Sole Division's operating income is:
A)$640,000
B)$720,000
C)$800,000
D)$880,000

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Answer the following questions using the information below:
Calculate the Division operating income for the AlphaShoe Company which manufactures only one type of shoe and has two divisions, the Sole Division, and the Assembly Division. The Sole Division manufactures soles for the Assembly Division, which completes the shoe and sells it to retailers. The Sole Division "sells" soles to the Assembly Division. The market price for the Assembly Division to purchase a pair of soles is $40. (Ignore changes in inventory.)The fixed costs for the Sole Division are assumed to be the same over the range of 40,000-100,000 units. The fixed costs for the Assembly Division are assumed to be $14 per pair at 100,000 units.
  
-Assume the transfer price for a pair of soles is 180% of total costs of the Sole Division and 40,000 of soles are produced and transferred to the Assembly Division. The Sole Division's operating income is:
A)$640,000 
B)$720,000 
C)$800,000 
D)$880,000

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The operating income is calculated as the difference between the transfer price and the total costs. If the transfer price is 180% of total costs, then the operating income is 80% of the total costs. Assuming the total costs for 40,000 soles is X, the operating income is 0.8X. Solving for X in terms of the given options, $640,000 is the correct operating income.

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