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Thompson company produces scientific and business calculator, Thompson expects t

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Question

Thompson company produces scientific and business calculator, Thompson expects to sell 200,000 scientific calculators and 100,000 business calculators. A segmented income statement for the two products is given below:

                                            Scientific              Business           Total

Sale                                      $5,000,000       $2,000,000      $7,000,000

Less: Variable cost              (2,400,000)       (900,000)       (3,300,000)

Contribution Margin            $2,600,000         $1,100,000        $3,700,000

Less: Direct fixed costs      (1,200,000)        (960,000)         (2,160,000)

segment margin                  $1,400,000          $140,000         $1,540,000

less: common fixed costs                                                       (800,000)

operating income                                                                    $740,000

Required

a. compute the number of scientific calculators and the number of business calculators that must be sold to breakeven.

b.compute the number of scientific calculators and the number of business calculators that must be sold to achieve a $444,000 after tax income. Assume a 40% tax rate.

Explanation / Answer

Thompson company produces scientific and business calculator, Thompson expects to sell 200,000 scientific calculators and 100,000 business calculators. A segmented income statement for the two products is given below:

                                            Scientific              Business           Total

Sale                                      $5,000,000       $2,000,000      $7,000,000

Less: Variable cost              (2,400,000)       (900,000)       (3,300,000)

Contribution Margin            $2,600,000         $1,100,000        $3,700,000

Less: Direct fixed costs      (1,200,000)        (960,000)         (2,160,000)

segment margin                  $1,400,000          $140,000         $1,540,000

less: common fixed costs                                                       (800,000)

operating income                                                                    $740,000

Required

a. compute the number of scientific calculators and the number of business calculators that must be sold to breakeven.

Weighted Avg Contribution Margin Ratio = 37/70

Total Fixed Cost = 2160000 + 800000 = 2960000

Total Sale Required to break even = 2960000/(37/70) = $ 5,600,000

Sale for Scientific calculator for break even = 5600000*5/7 = 4,000,000

Sale for Business calculator for break even = 5600000*2/7 = 1,600,000

Sale Price Per unit:

Scientific Calculator = 5000000/200000 = 25

Business Calculator = 2000000/100000 = $ 20

Number of scientific calculators that must be sold to breakeven = 4000000/25 = 160,000

Number of Business calculators that must be sold to breakeven = 1600000/20= 80,000

b.compute the number of scientific calculators and the number of business calculators that must be sold to achieve a $444,000 after tax income. Assume a 40% tax rate.

After Tax Income Required = 444,000

Before Tax Income Required = 444000/(1-0.40) = 740,000

Total Fixed Cost = 2160000 + 800000 = 2960000

Total Contribution Required to achive target income = 2960000+740000 = 3,700,000

Weighted Avg Contribution Margin Ratio = 37/70

Total Sale Required to Target Income = 3700000/(37/70) = $ 7,000,000

Sale for Scientific calculator for Target Income = 7000000*5/7 = 5,000,000

Sale for Business calculator for Target Income = 7000000*2/7 = 2,000,000

Sale Price Per unit:

Scientific Calculator = 5000000/200000 = 25

Business Calculator = 2000000/100000 = $ 20

Number of scientific calculators to be sold to achieveTarget Income = 5000000/25 = 200,000

Number of Business calculators to be sold to achieveTarget Income = 2000000/20= 100,000

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