Amazon Beverages produces and bottles a line of soft drinks using exotic fruits from Latin America and Asia. The manufacturing process entails mixing and adding juices and coloring Ingredients at the bottling plant, which is a part of Mixing Division. The finished product is packaged in a company produced glass bottle and packed in cases of 24 bottles each Because the appearance of the bottle heavily influences sales volume, Amazon developed a unique bottle production process at the company's container plant, which is a part of Container Division Mixing Division uses all of the container plant's production. Each division (Mixing and Container) is considered a separate profit center and evaluated as such. As the new corporate controller, you are responsible for determining the proper transfer price to use for the bottles produced for Mixing Division At your request, Container Division's general manager asked other bottle manufacturers to quote a price for the number and sizes demanded by Mixing Division. These competitive prices follow Volume 520,000 equivalent Price per Case Cases Total Price $ 4,368,000 7,696,000 10,296,000 $ 8.40 1,040,000 1,560,000 7.40 6.50 These costs include fooed costs of $920,000 and variable costs of $5.20 per equivalent case. These data have caused considerable corporate discussion as to the proper price to use in the transfer of bottles from Container Division to Mixing Division. This Interest is heightened because a significant portion of a division manager's income is an incentive bonus based on profit center resulta Mixing Division has the following costs in addition to the bottle costs. Volume Total Cost 520,000 equivalent cases $1,920, @be 1,040,000 2,720,000 1,560,000 3,520,000 Cost per Case $3.69 2.62 2.26 The corporate marketing group has furnished the following price-demand relationship for the finished product Sales Volume 520, bee equivalent cases 1,040,000 1,560,000 Total Sales Revenue $11,024,000 19,968.000 25,272,000 Sales Price per Case $21.20 19.20 16.20 Required: a. Amazon Beverages has used market price-based transfer prices in the past. Using the current market prices and costs and assuming a volume of 1.56 million coses Calculate operating profits for Container Division, Mixing Division, Amazon Beverages b-Calculate operating profits for Container, Moting and Amazon Beverages for volumes of 520.000, 1.040,000 and 1.500.000 cases b 2. Which volume of production is the most profitable for Container, Maxing and Amazon Beverages Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Rega Rei Reg2 Amazon Beverages has used market price-based transfer prices in the past. Using the current market prices and costs and assuming a volume of 1.56 million cases Calculate operating profits for Container Division, Mixing Division Amazon Beverages (Enter your answers in thousands of dollars.) Profesor Con Division Proton for Amazon Beverages Req B1 Complete the entering your answers in the tabs below. Req A Rea B Reg B2 Calculate operating profits for Container, Mixing and Amazon Beverages for volumes of 520,000,1,040,000 and 1,560,000 cases. (Enter your answers in thousands of dollars.) 520,000 cases 1,040,000 ca 1,560,000 cases Container profit Mixing profit Amazon Beverages profit Reg A Red B1 Reg B2 Which volume or production is the most profitable for Container, Mixing and Amazon Beverages? Most profitable volume for Container Most profitable volume for Mixing Most profitable volume for Amazon Beverages Reg A Red B1 Reg B2 Which volume or production is the most profitable for Container, Mixing and Amazon Beverages? Most profitable volume for Container Most profitable volume for Mixing Most profitable volume for Amazon Beverages