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Lindon Company is the exclusive distributor for an automotive product that sells

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Question

Lindon Company is the exclusive distributor for an automotive product that sells for $42.00 per unit and has a CM ratio of 30%. The company’s fixed expenses are $275,940 per year. The company plans to sell 6,800 units this year.


Required:

What are the variable expenses per unit? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Variable expenses per unit

What is the break-even point in unit sales and in dollar sales?

Break-even point in unit sales

Break-even point in dollar sales

What amount of unit sales and dollar sales is required to earn an annual profit of $63,000?

Sales level in dollars

Assume that by using a more efficient shipper, the company is able to reduce its variable expenses by $4.20 per unit. What is the company’s new break-even point in unit sales and in dollar sales?

New break-even point in dollar sales   

a. What is the break-even point in unit sales and in dollar sales?

Break-even point in unit sales

Break-even point in dollar sales

b. What amount of unit sales and dollar sales is required to earn an annual profit of $63,000?

Sales level in dollars

Assume that by using a more efficient shipper, the company is able to reduce its variable expenses by $4.20 per unit. What is the company’s new break-even point in unit sales and in dollar sales?

New break-even point in unit sales

New break-even point in dollar sales

Lindon Company is the exclusive distributor for an automotive product that sells for $42.00 per unit and has a CM ratio of 30%. The company’s fixed expenses are $275,940 per year. The company plans to sell 6,800 units this year.

Explanation / Answer

Answers

A

Sale Price per unit

$                    42.00

B

CM Ratio

30%

C=A x B

Unit Contribution

$                    12.60

D=A-C

Unit Variable cost [Answer 1]

$                    29.40

A

Fixed Cost

$        2,75,940.00

B

Unit Contribution

$                    12.60

C=A/B

Break Even point in Unit Sales [Answer 2(a)]

$           21,900.00

D

CM Ratio

30%

E=A/D

Break even point in dollar sales [Answer 2(a)]

$        9,19,800.00

A

Fixed Cost

$        2,75,940.00

B

Expected annual profits

$           63,000.00

C=A+B

Total contribution required

$        3,38,940.00

D

Unit contribution

$                    12.60

E=C/D

No. of units to earn target profit [Answer 2&3 (b)]

26900

F=E x $42 per unit

Amount of Sale dollars [Answer 2&3 (b)]

$     11,29,800.00

A

Sale Price per unit

$                    42.00

B = $29.4 - 4.2

New variable cost per unit

$                    25.20

C =A-B

New contribution margin

$                    16.80

D=C/A

New CM ratio

40%

E

Fixed Cost

$        2,75,940.00

F=E/C

Break Even point in Unit Sales [Answer 2(c)]

16425

G=E/D

Break even point in dollar sales [Answer 2(c)]

$        6,89,850.00

A

Sale Price per unit

$                    42.00

B

CM Ratio

30%

C=A x B

Unit Contribution

$                    12.60

D=A-C

Unit Variable cost [Answer 1]

$                    29.40

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