4.3 Alice Rone sells watches. Her competitor sells a new line of watches for N$30 each. Alice
needs a 30% mark-up on cost to make her desired profit, and she must meet price competition.
What cost can Alice afford to bring these watches into the store?
(2marks)
4.4 Neal Wall bought a computer from AC. Suppliers for N$1,200. Neal plans to resell the
computer for N$1,800. What is Neal Wall's dollar mark-up on selling price? (Round to the
nearest tenth percent.)
(2 marks)
4.5 Fred Miguel bought rings for his jewellery shop that cost N$90 each. Fred must mark up each
ring 40% on selling price. What is the selling price of each ring? What is the dollar mark-up?
(2 marks)
4.6 Bra Jakes sells Calculators. His competitor sells a new line of calculators for N$30 each. Bra
Jakes needs a 30% mark-up on selling price to make his desired profit, and he must meet price
competition. What cost can Bra Jakes afford to bring these calculators into the store? What is
the dollar mark-up?
(2 marks)
4.7 Mabrura sells staplers for N$14 that cost N$8. What is Mabrura's percent mark-up at cost?
(Round to the nearest tenth percent.) What is Mabrura's percent mark-up on selling price?
(Round to the nearest hundredth percent.)
(2 marks)
4.8 Jane bought an office desk for her room for N$400 and marked up 30% on selling price to sell
the desk on because she got another one. Jane marked the desk down 5% for one week. After
a week, Jane marked the desk up 2%. The last week she marked it down 8%. What is the final
selling price?
(2 marks)
4.9 Dagg Opapos owns a small fruit and vegetable shop. Dagg has 40 dozen tomatoes. Joe
expects a 20% spoilage rate. The tomatoes cost N$1.10 per dozen. Dagg wants a 70%
mark-up on cost. What should Dagg charge for each dozen tomatoes? (Round to the nearest
cent.)
(2 marks)
4.10 Jane Corporation produces Sweatshirts for a selling price of N$19.25. Their variable cost
is N$13.10. Assuming a fixed cost of N$6,150 what is Jane Corporation's break-even point?
(2 marks)
Question 5
[15 marks]
True or False Questions
Use the table provided on [page 6] to answer these questions. Detach and insert it into your
answer booklet. 1.5 mark will be awarded for each correct answer.
5.1 Under oligopolistic competition the market consists of a few sellers who are highly sensitive to
each other's pricing and market strategies
5.2 When initiating price changes the company must anticipate possible reactions from both
buyers and competitors.
5.3 Monopoly or lack of regulation means one can always set prices at will.
5.4 Price discrimination is the practice of charging different mark-ups for the same product.
5.5 In setting the price of a product by its perceived value, the company decides on the value of
the product.
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