Basics of Engineering Economy 1st Edition by Leland Blank,Anthony Tarquin

Exercise 7

Hambry's president has a goal of $ million profit next year at each plant with no revenue or fixed cost increases.Determine the decreases (dollar amounts and percentages) in variable cost neces­sary to meet this goal if the number of units sold is the same as this year.
Hambry Enterprises produces a component for recycling uranium used as a nuclear fuel in power plant generators in France and the United States.Use the following cost and revenue figures, quoted in U.S.dollars per hundredweight (hwt), recorded for this year to calculate the answers for each plant.