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1. ThThe New Mill Manufacturing Company produces the following three products: S

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1. ThThe New Mill Manufacturing Company produces the following three products:

Saws

Knives

Measuring Tapes

Entire Company

Sales   in Units

50 Units

30 Units

20 Units

100 units

Sales   Price per unit

$40.00

$16.00

$50.00

Variable   Cost per unit

$28.00

$12.00

$30.00

Fixed   Costs

$76,000

Calculate the following values:

a.    Break-even point in units for the entire Company

b.    Number of Saws that will be sold at break-even

c.  Total sales in dollars for the entire Company to obtain a before-tax profit of $19,000

  

Saws

     

Knives

     

Measuring Tapes

     

Entire Company

     

Sales   in Units

     

50 Units

     

30 Units

     

20 Units

     

100 units

     

Sales   Price per unit

     

$40.00

     

$16.00

     

$50.00

     

Variable   Cost per unit

     

$28.00

     

$12.00

     

$30.00

     

Fixed   Costs

     

$76,000

   ThThe New Mill Manufacturing Company produces the following three products: Calculate the following values: Break-even point in units for the entire Company Number of Saws that will be sold at break-even Total sales in dollars for the entire Company to obtain a before-tax profit of $19,000

Explanation / Answer

a. Let total units at breakeven be X

So no of units of saws = X*0.5, knives = X*0.3, measuring tapes = X*0.2

Contribution/unit for saws = 40-28=12, for knives = 16-12=4, for measuring tapes = 50-30=20

So total contribution = (X*0.5)*12 + (X*0.3)*4 + (X*0.2)*20 = 6X+1.2X+4X = 11.2X


At breakeven, contribution = fixed cost

So 11.2X = 76,000, which means X=6785.71

Answer is: Breakeven units = 6785.71


b. No of saws at breakeven = 6785.71*0.5 = 3392.86


c. Contribution margin ratio = (12+4+20)/(40+16+50) = 33.96%

Contribution = fixed cost + profit = 76,000+19,000 = 95,000

Sales = contribution / contribution margin ratio = 95,000 / 33.96% = $ 279,722


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