A producer of staplers has received a forecasted demand of 10,000 staplers for the coming month. Fixed costs are $11,545 per month, and the staplers cost $2.95 to produce each. Answer the following questions.
a) Find the break-even point if the staplers sell for $5 each.
b) Suppose that you wish to attain a profit of $12,000 next month. What is the minimum price that you should sell the staplers at in order to attain this profit? Hint: This problem as nothing to do with part (a).
c) If demand changes to 9,000 staplers, should we still sell each stapler at the price found in (b)? Explain.