An outside supplier offers to provide factor with all the units it needs at $41.38 per unit. if factor buys from the supplier, the company will still incur 65% of its overhead. factor should choose to:

Factor should choose to make their own product, as the cost to make them per unit is at least $10.00 cheaper, than buying from the supplier. The supplier is looking to make a profit from products that are cheaper to make, so of course they are going to mark it up slightly to gain back some of what they spent to make the product. Factor might be incurring the 65% of their overhead, however their accounts payable ledger will be smaller, as they bought wholesale supplies at a cheaper discount.

$527.7.if the following was the question  $527.7 is the answer.students who are trying to raise funds have an agreement with a local pizza chain. the chain has agreed to sell them pizzas at a discount, which the students can then resell to families in the local community for a profit. it is expected that of the 500 families in the community, at most 70% will buy pizza. based on a survey of their personal preferences, the students believe that they should order no more than 120 cheese pizzas, no more than 150 pepperoni pizzas, and no more than 100 vegetarian pizzas. they also want to make sure that at least 20% of the total pizzas are cheese and at least 50% of the pizzas are pepperoni. they make a profit of $1.45, $1.75, and $1.98, respectively, for each cheese, pepperoni, and vegetarian pizza they resell. how many pizzas of each type should they buy?