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1. Offshore Petroleum\'s fixed costs are $2,500,000. Selling price per barrel of

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Question

1.     Offshore Petroleum's fixed costs are $2,500,000. Selling price per barrel of oil is $18 and variable costs per barrel are $10.

a.     Determine the breakeven output (in dollars).

b.     Determine the number of barrels of oil that offshore must produce and sell in order to earn a target (operating) profit of $1,500,000.

c.     Determine the degree of operating leverage at an output of 400,000 barrels.

d.     Assuming that sales of oil are normally distributed with a mean of 362,500 barrels and a standard deviation of 100,000 barrels, determine the probability that Offshore will incur an operating loss.

Offshore Petroleum's fixed costs are $2,500,000. Selling price per barrel of oil is $18 and variable costs per barrel are $10. Determine the breakeven output (in dollars). Determine the number of barrels of oil that offshore must produce and sell in order to earn a target (operating) profit of $1,500,000. Determine the degree of operating leverage at an output of 400,000 barrels. Assuming that sales of oil are normally distributed with a mean of 362,500 barrels and a standard deviation of 100,000 barrels, determine the probability that Offshore will incur an operating loss.

Explanation / Answer

(a)  
Breakeven output = $2,500,000/($18-$10)=312 500

(b)
Output = 312 500 +$1,500,000/($18-$10)= 500 000