P25-22A (similar to) 3 Question Help Nature Garden operates a commercial plant nursery where it propagates plants for garden centers throughout the region. Nature Garden has $4,950,000 in assets. Its yearly fixed costs are $625,000, and the variable costs for the potting soil, container, label, seedling, and labor for each gallon-size plant total $1.70. Nature Garden's volume is currently 460,000 units. Competitors offer the same plants, at the same quality, to garden centers for $4.00 each. Garden centers then mark them up to sell to the public for $9 to $12, depending on the type of plant. Read the requirements. Requirement 1. Nature Garden's owners want to earn a 10% return on investment on the company's assets. What is Nature Garden's target full product cost? i X - Requirements Less: Target full product cost 1. Nature Garden's owners want to earn a 10% return on investment on the company's assets. What is Nature Garden's target full product cost? 2. Given Nature Garden's current costs, will its owners be able to achieve their target profit? Assume Nature Garden has identified ways to cut its variable costs to $1.55 per unit. What is its new target fixed cost? Will this decrease in variable costs allow the company to achieve its target profit? 4. Nature Garden started an aggressive advertising campaign strategy to differentiate its plants from those grown by other nurseries. Nature Garden does not expect volume to be affected, but it hopes to gain more control over pricing. If Nature Garden has to spend $115,000 this year to advertise and its variable costs continue to be $1.55 per unit, what will its cost-plus price be? Do you think Nature Garden will be able to sell its plants to garden centers at the cost-plus price? Why or why not? Print Done Choose from any list or enter any number in the input fields and then click Check Ansyl