1. If the trailer division of Baxter Bicycles can sell all of its trailers to outside customers and has no excess capacity, the price for transfers between divisions should be at least $109 per trailer. This is because the market price of the trailers is $109 each, and the trailer division would not want to sell to the assembly division at a lower price and miss out on potential profits from outside customers.
2. If the trailer division currently sells 10,500 trailers to outside customers and has excess capacity, the range of acceptable prices on transfers between divisions would depend on the variable and fixed costs associated with producing the additional 4,200 trailers.
Assuming the variable manufacturing cost per trailer remains the same at $46, the trailer division would incur an additional cost of $193,200 ($46 x 4,200) to produce the additional trailers.
To determine the range of acceptable prices, we can use the following formula:
Price = Variable Costs + Fixed Costs / Units Produced + Desired Profit per Unit
Assuming a desired profit per unit of $10,000, and using the total fixed cost of $570,000 and the additional variable costs of $193,200, the range of acceptable prices would be:
Price = $239,200 / 4,200 + $10,000 = $66.67 to $84.76 per trailer
Therefore, the assembly division should be willing to pay a price between $66.67 and $84.76 per trailer to the trailer division, depending on negotiations and other factors such as competition and market demand.