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You have been asked to analyze the profitability of releasing a new music album by a hair metal band from 1980s. You have been able to collect the following information:
The band is expecting a one-time royalty payment of $12 million.
The fixed cost of producing a CD version of the book is $1.5 million.
The variable cost of producing each CD is $2.
Each CD will be sold for $11.99.
The record label expects to sell 1 million CDs.
The fixed cost of producing an LP is $0.5 million.
The variable cost of producing each LP is $4.
Each LP is sold for $21.99.
LP sales are expected to be ¼ of the CD sales.
Using the information above, answer the following questions:
Determine how the record label's profit will vary as CD sales vary from 100,000 to 1 million copies (with 100,000 increments.
Determine how the record label's profit will change as CD sales vary from 100,000 to 1 million copies and the ratio of LP to CD sales varies from .1 to .35 (with 0.05 increments).
Should the record label agree with the band's royalty demands?