Trendell Products,Inc.,has a Motor Division that manufactures and sells a number of products,including a standard motor.Data concerning that motor appear below:
The company has a Automotive Division that could use this motor in one of its products.The Automotive Division is currently purchasing 8,000 of these motors per year from an overseas supplier at a cost of $66 per motor.
Required:
Assume that the Motor Division has enough idle capacity to handle all of the Automotive Division's needs.What is the acceptable range,if any,for the transfer price between the two divisions?

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Trendell Products,Inc.,has a Motor Division that manufactures and sells a number of products,including a standard motor.Data concerning that motor appear below:
  The company has a Automotive Division that could use this motor in one of its products.The Automotive Division is currently purchasing 8,000 of these motors per year from an overseas supplier at a cost of $66 per motor.
Required:
Assume that the Motor Division has enough idle capacity to handle all of the Automotive Division's needs.What is the acceptable range,if any,for the transfer price between the two divisions?

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The Answer of Trendell Products,Inc.,has a Motor Division that manufactures and sells a number of products,including a standard motor.Data concerning that motor appear below:
  The company has a Automotive Division that could use this motor in one of its products.The Automotive Division is currently purchasing 8,000 of these motors per year from an overseas supplier at a cost of $66 per motor.
Required:
Assume that the Motor Division has enough idle capacity to handle all of the Automotive Division's needs.What is the acceptable range,if any,for the transfer price between the two divisions?