10101 AM Wed Feb 10 3.lite.msu.edu 52 Charleston Carriage Company offers guided horse-drawn carriage rides through historic Charleston, South Carolina. The company shut down in 2020 because of the Covid virus, and it doesn't expect to resume business until next year, 2022. The carriage business is highly regulated by the city, and the expected fare for all passengers in 2022 is $18.50. The company budgets the following monthly operating costs for 2022 Fee paid to the city of Charleston Cost of souvenir set of postcards given to each passenger Monthly cost of leasing and boarding the horses Carriage drivers (tour guides) are paid on a per passenger basis Monthly payroll costs of non tour guide employees Marketing, web-site, telephone, and other monthly fixed costs 15% of ticket revenue $0.50 per set $45,000 $2.90 per passenger $8.500 $8,000 In addition to these costs, Charleston Carriage will have to pay a brokerage fee of $1.10 per ticket sold by brokers. On average, 65% of all tickets sold are sold by brokers: 35% are sold directly by Charleston Carriage. Charleston Carriage has several questions about its expected monthly revenues, costs, and profits in 2022 REQUIRED (ROUND YOUR ANSWER TO PART A QUESTION 1 TO THE NEAREST CENT, ROUND ALL OTHER ANSWERS TO THE NEAREST UNIT OR NEAREST DOLLAR.) Part A (6 tries: 8 points) 1. What is the estimated monthly contribution margin per passenger for Charleston Carriage in 2022? 11.6100 2. What are the estimated total monthly fixed costs for Charleston Carriage in 20227 61500 You are correct. Your receipt no. is 156-2932 Previous Tres Your answers are correct, but just to make sure that there are no rounding issues, you should use $11.61 for the estimated contribution margin per passenger and $61,500 for the estimated monthly fixed costs for Parts B and C. Part B (8 tries; 8 points) 3. What is Charleston Carriage's estimated monthly operating income in 2022 if the number of monthly passengers is 8,5007 4. How many monthly passengers would be required for Charleston Carriage to break even in 20227 5. How many monthly passengers would be required for Charleston Carriage to earn $115,000 per month in 20222