Patricia and John are considering offering a doggy day-care service. After some research, they found...

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Patricia and John are considering offering a doggy day-care service. After some research, they found several pet day-care facilities in their area, but they were expensive! Further, the facilities were sterile and didn't provide a "homey" or fun environment for pets. Patricia and John felt they could easily fix these shortcomings.Patricia's home would be the location for their business, since it already has a fenced-in yard and is located two blocks from a dog park Estimated costs for building an outdoor shelter, plus other licensing and business start-up costs, are as follows.Shelter (depreciated over 7 years:$600 per yearLicensing and other annual costs:$800 per yearHourly wage for hired labor; planned for only 210 hours per year: $14 per hourVariable costs for food:$15 per day per dogEstimated volume of dogs per day (open for business 5 days per week, 50 weeks per year; average length of stay 8 hours per day): 18 per day. If the company employs a cost-plus markup of 30%, assuming the original volume of 18 dogs per day, what will be the selling price per dog hour? (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g.15.25.)Selling price: $....../dog hour
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