Question

Jose Ruiz wants to start a company that makes snowboards. Competitors sell a similar snowboard for $265 each. Jose believes he can produce a snowboard for a total cost of $225 per unit, and he plans a 20% markup on his total cost. Compute Jose's planned selling price.

Answer 1

$270 per unit

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the planned selling price is shown below:

= Total cost + Total cost × markup percentage

= $225 per unit + $225 × 20%

= $225 per unit + $45 per unit

= $270 per unit

We simply added the total cost and the total cost based on the markup percentage so that the correct selling price can come

All other information which is given is not relevant. Hence, ignored it