PF Corporation makes three different clothing fasteners in its manufacturing facility in North Carolina. Data concerning these products appear below:
V M N
Normal Annual Sales Volume 100000 200000 400000
Unit Selling Price $1.65 $1.50 $0.85
Variable Expenses per unit $1.25 $0.70 $0.25
Total Fixed Expenses are $400,000 per year.
All the three products are sold in highly competitive markets, so the company is unable to raise its prices without losing unacceptable numbers of customers.
The company has an extremely effective lean production system, so there are no beginning or ending work in process or finished goods inventories.
Required:
V($) | M($) | N($) | total($) | |
Sales (units) | 100000 | 200000 | 400000 | 700000 |
selling price per unit | 1.65 | 1.5 | 0.85 | 4 |
- variable expense per unit | -1.25 | -0.7 | -0.25 | -2.2 |
contribution | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.8 |
pv ratio | 0.242424 | 0.533333 | 0.705882 | 0.45 |
fixed expenses | 400000 |
Break even point (dollar sales) = Fixed cost/pv ratio
=$400000/.45
=$888,889 approx
As nothing is mentioned regarding each products fixed cost and for further parts there is a lack of information. question for remaining is missing
PF Corporation makes three different clothing fasteners in its manufacturing facility in North Carolina. Data concerning...
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