A company makes components and sells internally to its subsidiary and also to external market. The external market price is ?24 per component, which gives a contribution of 40% of sales. For external sales, variable costs include ?1.50 per unit for distribution costs. This is, however not incurred in internal sales. There are no capacity constraints. To maximize company profit, the transfer price to subsidiary should be:

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A company makes components and sells internally to its subsidiary and also to external market. The external market price is ?24 per component, which gives a contribution of 40% of sales. For external sales, variable costs include ?1.50 per unit for distribution costs. This is, however not incurred in internal sales. There are no capacity constraints. To maximize company profit, the transfer price to subsidiary should be: