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Excess capacity Edney Manufacturing Company has $2 billion in sales and $0.8 bil

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Question

Excess capacity

Edney Manufacturing Company has $2 billion in sales and $0.8 billion in fixed assets. Currently, the company's fixed assets are operating at 85% of capacity.

Excess capacity

Edney Manufacturing Company has $2 billion in sales and $0.8 billion in fixed assets. Currently, the company's fixed assets are operating at 85% of capacity.

  1. What level of sales could Edney have obtained if it had been operating at full capacity? Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $5 billion should be entered as 5,000. Round your answer to two decimal places.
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  2. What is Edney's Target fixed assets/Sales ratio? Round your answer to two decimal places.
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  3. If Edney's sales increase 30%, how large of an increase in fixed assets will the company need to meet its Target fixed assets/Sales ratio? Write out your answer completely. For example, 13 million should be entered as 13,000,000. Round your answer to the nearest cent.
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Explanation / Answer

1) What level of sales could Edney have obtained if it had been operating at full capacity? Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $5 billion should be entered as 5,000. Round your answer to two decimal places.

Answer

The Level of sales could Edney have obtained if it had been operating at full capacity = 2000/85%

The Level of sales could Edney have obtained if it had been operating at full capacity = $ 2352.94 Million

2) What is Edney's Target fixed assets/Sales ratio? Round your answer to two decimal places.

Answer

Target fixed assets/Sales ratio = Fixed assets/Sales

Target fixed assets/Sales ratio = 0.8/2.35294

Target fixed assets/Sales ratio = 0.34

3) If Edney's sales increase 30%, how large of an increase in fixed assets will the company need to meet its Target fixed assets/Sales ratio? Write out your answer completely. For example, 13 million should be entered as 13,000,000. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

Answer

Increase in Sales = 30%*2,000,000,000 = 600,000,000

Total Sales = 2,000,000,000 + 600,000,000 = 2,600,000,000

Total fixed Asset required to meet its Target fixed assets/Sales ratio = 2,600,000,000* 0.34 = 884,000,000

Increase in fixed assets will the company need to meet its Target fixed assets/Sales ratio = 884,000,000 - 800,000,000

Increase in fixed assets will the company need to meet its Target fixed assets/Sales ratio =$ 84,000,000