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1) Night Shades Inc. (NSI) manufactures biotech sunglasses. The variable materia

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Question

1) Night Shades Inc. (NSI) manufactures biotech sunglasses. The variable materials cost is $12.50 per unit, and the variable labor cost is $7.20 per unit.

  

a.

What is the variable cost per unit? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

  

  Variable cost

$

  

b.

Suppose NSI incurs fixed costs of $840,000 during a year in which total production is 370,000 units. What are the total costs for the year? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.)

  

  Total cost

$

  

c.

If the selling price is $49.00 per unit, what is the cash break-even point? If depreciation is $640,000 per year, what is the accounting break-even point? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)


  Cash break-even point

units

  Accounting break-even point

units  

2) Sloan Transmissions, Inc., has the following estimates for its new gear assembly project: price = $1,300 per unit; variable costs = $260 per unit; fixed costs = $4.8 million; quantity = 72,000 units. Suppose the company believes all of its estimates are accurate only to within ±15 percent. What values should the company use for the four variables given here when it performs its best-case scenario analysis? What about the worst-case scenario?

  

Scenario

Units Sales

Unit Price

Unit

Variable cost

Fixed Costs

  Base

  

$   

$    

$

  Best

  

  

   

  Worst

  

  

   

1) Night Shades Inc. (NSI) manufactures biotech sunglasses. The variable materials cost is $12.50 per unit, and the variable labor cost is $7.20 per unit.

Explanation / Answer

2)

Variable material cost 12.5 per unit variable labor cost 7.2 per unit Varaible cost per unit 19.7 per unit Variable cost    7,289,000 (370,000*19.7) Fixed Cost       840,000 Total cost    8,129,000 Selling price                  49 Less: variable cost              19.7 contribution per unit              29.3 Fixed cost       840,000 cash break even point-units          28,669 units (840000/29.3) Fixed cost       840,000 Depreciation 640,000 Total    1,480,000 accounting break-even point          50,512 units (1480000/29.3)