Minden Corporation Estimates That the Following Costs and Activity Would

Multiple Choice

Minden Corporation estimates that the following costs and activity would be associated with the manufacture and sale of product A: If the company uses the absorption costing approach to cost-plus pricing described in the text and desires a 25% rate of return on investment (ROI) ,the required markup on absorption cost for Product A would be closest to:
$\begin{array}{lr}\text { Number of units sold annually ............................ } & 80,000 \\\text { Required investment............................... } & \$ 400,000 \\\text { Unit product cost........................... } & \$ 30 \\\text { Selling and administrative expenses................... } & \$ 300,000\end{array}$

A) 12%
B) 15%
C) 17%
D) 25%