ACC 406 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Operating Leverage, Root Mean Square, Earnings Before Interest And Taxes
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1. Sales Mix and Break-Even Sales
Dragon Sports Inc. manufactures and sells two products, baseballbats and baseball gloves. The fixed costs are $836,000, and thesales mix is 30% bats and 70% gloves. The unit selling price andthe unit variable cost for each product are as follows:
Products | Unit Selling Price | Unit Variable Cost | ||
Bats | $70 | $50 | ||
Gloves | 180 | 110 |
a. Compute the break-even sales (units) forboth products combined.
units
b. How many units of each product, baseballbats and baseball gloves, would be sold at break-even point?
Baseball bats | units |
Baseball gloves | units |
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Break-Even Sales
Currently, the unit selling price of a product is $240, the unitvariable cost is $200, and the total fixed costs are $476,000. Aproposal is being evaluated to increase the unit selling price to$270.
a. Compute the current break-even sales(units).
units
b. Compute the anticipated break-even sales(units), assuming that the unit selling price is increased to theproposed $270, and all costs remain constant.
units
Break-Even Units and Sales Revenue: Margin of Safety
Dupli-Pro Copy Shop provides photocopying service. Next year, Dupli-Pro estimates it will copy 2,800,000 pages at a price of $0.08 each in the coming year. Product costs include:
Direct materials | $0.015 |
Direct labor | $0.004 |
Variable overhead | $0.001 |
Total fixed overhead | $80,000 |
There is no variable selling expense; fixed selling and administrative expenses total $46,000.
Required:
Note: In your computations that involve the contribution margin ratio, round the ratio to two decimal places.
1. Calculate the break-even point in units.
units
2. Calculate the break-even point in sales revenue.
$
3. Calculate the margin of safety in units for the coming year.
units
4. Calculate the margin of safety in sales revenue for the coming year.
$
5. What if the total selling and administrative expenses are reduced to $38,800? Recalculate the following:
a. Break-even point in units | units | |
b. Break-even point in sales revenue | $ | |
c. Margin of safety in units for the coming year | units | |
d. Margin of safety in sales revenue for the coming year | $ |