Voorhees Company manufactures computer hard drives. The market for hard drives is very competitive. The current market price for a computer hard drive is $62. Voorhees would like a profit of $13 per d

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Voorhees Company manufactures computer hard drives. The market for hard drives is very competitive. The current market price for a computer hard drive is $62. Voorhees would like a profit of $13 per drive.

What target cost the Voorhees Company should set to accomplish this objective?

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A company's sales, costs, and profit are shown on its income statement. Sales less costs is equal to profit. There are different types of profit like gross profit, operating profit, net profit, etc.

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