Final answer:
After subtracting the manufacturing costs of the computer, monitor, and scanner from the selling price for one unit and multiplying by 408 customers, the approximate total profit is $247,050.00, which rounds to option C. $240,000.00.
Step-by-step explanation:
To calculate the profit the company makes for each computer sold at $1,196.91 after giving away a monitor and a scanner, we need to subtract the cost of manufacturing the computer, monitor, and scanner from the selling price, and then multiply it by the number of customers. The costs for the computer, monitor, and scanner are $393.29, $151.44, and $46.39 respectively. Therefore, the total cost of manufacturing one set is:
Total cost = Cost of computer + Cost of monitor + Cost of scanner
Total cost = $393.29 + $151.44 + $46.39 = $591.12
The profit for one computer set would then be:
Profit per computer = Selling price - Total cost
Profit per computer = $1,196.91 - $591.12 = $605.79
To find the total profit for 408 customers, we multiply the profit per computer by the number of customers:
Total profit = Profit per computer × Number of customers
Total profit = $605.79 × 408 ≈ $247,060.32
When rounding to the nearest 50 dollars, we get:
Total profit ≈ $247,050.00
The closest answer to this would be option C. $240,000.00.