Accounting: What the Numbers Mean 11th Edition by Wayne McManus,Daniel Viele,David Marshall

Exercise 7

Calculate gross profit, cost of goods sold, and selling price MBI, Inc., had sales of $600 million for fiscal 2016. The company's gross profit ratio for that year was 31.2%.
Required:
a. Calculate the gross profit and cost of goods sold for MBI, Inc., for fiscal 2016.
b. Assume that a new product is developed and that it will cost $1,634 to manufacture. Calculate the selling price that must be set for this new product if its gross profit ratio is to be the same as the average achieved for all products for fiscal 2016.
c. From a management viewpoint, what would you do with this information?