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Jake Black Has an Opportunity to Start an Automobile Pollution

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Jake Black has an opportunity to start an automobile pollution inspection business. After extensive studies, he has developed the following set of projected annual data on which to make his decision:
 Direct service labor $330,000 Variable service overhead costs 260,000 Fixed service overhead costs 250,000 Selling expenses 160,000 General and administrative expensess 200,000 Desired profit 102,000 Cost of assets employed 600,000\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline \text { Direct service labor } & \$ 330,000 \\\hline \text { Variable service overhead costs } & 260,000 \\\hline \text { Fixed service overhead costs } & 250,000 \\\hline \text { Selling expenses } & 160,000 \\\hline \text { General and administrative expensess } & 200,000 \\\hline \text { Desired profit } & 102,000 \\\hline \text { Cost of assets employed } & 600,000 \\\hline\end{array} Black believes that his company will inspect 100,000 automobiles per year. The company earns an average of 20 percent return on its assets.
a. Compute the projected cost for inspecting each automobile.
b. Determine the price to charge for inspecting each automobile using the gross margin pricing method.
c. Using the return on assets pricing method, compute the unit price to charge for this service.

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