Swifty Corp. enters into a contract with a customer to build an apartment building for $1,046,900. The customer hopes to rent apartments at the beginning of the school year and provides a performance bonus of $148,500 to be paid if the building is ready for rental beginning August 1, 2021. The bonus is reduced by $49,500 each week that completion is delayed. Swifty commonly includes these completion bonuses in its contracts and, based on prior experience, estimates the following completion outcomes: Completed by   Probability August 1, 2021   70 % August 8, 2021   20   August 15, 2021   4   After August 15, 2021   6   Determine the transaction price for this contract.

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Swifty Corp. enters into a contract with a customer to build an apartment building for $1,046,900. The customer hopes to rent apartments at the beginning of the school year and provides a performance bonus of $148,500 to be paid if the building is ready for rental beginning August 1, 2021. The bonus is reduced by $49,500 each week that completion is delayed. Swifty commonly includes these completion bonuses in its contracts and, based on prior experience, estimates the following completion outcomes:

Completed by   Probability
August 1, 2021
  70 %
August 8, 2021
  20  
August 15, 2021
  4  
After August 15, 2021
  6  


Determine the transaction price for this contract.

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