In each of the cases below, assume that Division X has a product that can be sold either to outside customers or to Division Y of the same company for use in its production process. The managers of the divisions are evaluated based on their divisional profits.

	Case
	A	B
Division X:
Capacity in units	106,000	101,000
Number of units being sold to outside customers	106,000	78,000
Selling price per unit to outside customers	$53	$29
Variable costs per unit	$24	$11
Fixed costs per unit (based on capacity)	$10	$4
Division Y:
Number of units needed for production	23,000	23,000
Purchase price per unit now being paid to an outside supplier	$46	$22

Refer to the data in case A above. Assume in this case that $4 per unit in variable selling costs can be avoided on intracompany sales.

Variable cost per unit	24
Less: Avoidable cost		24
Total contribution margin on lost sales
No. of units transferred		0
Transfer price		24

Refer to the data in case B above. In this case, there will be no savings in variable selling costs on intracompany sales. Determine the transfer price of the selling division.

Variable cost per unit		11
Total contribution margin on lost sales
No. of units transferred		0
Transfer price		0

What is the range of transfer price the managers of both divisions should agree?

The lowest transfer price would be

and the highest transfer price would b